Re: NIS and shadow passwords

Ti Lian Hwang wrote: > > Does anyone know whether Informix 5.03 and Informix 7.22 supports > NIS and shadow passwords running on a HP-UX 10.10 ? > > What about connectivity from I-Star and I-Connect ? > > We tried it and it does not seem to. > > Rgds > > Ti Lian Hwang > tilh@sin-co.sg.dhl.com Well, the shadow passwords are *supported* since Informix just makes system calls for verification. AIX, Solaris, HPUX, etc ... However NIS kinda blows the security away. Can you say ypcat ? :-) (Although that is supposed to be fixed in NIS+ right?) -The Management. -- #include <std_disclaimer.h> /* Mike Segel (MS385) */ #include <No_Spam.h> #ifdef OFFENDED_BY_CONTENT The author takes no responsibility for this post. Any resemblence to a coherent rational thought is purely coincidence. -The Management. #endif ***************************** Due to AGIS's Refusal to Act Responsibly We are blocking all of their domains at the packet level. This block will exist until AGIS modifies their policies to conform to existing RFCs and net community standards. We encourage all ISPs and domain holders to do the same. *****************************