I-NET and I-STAR

We have a large Sun network running NIS with dozens of servers and hundreds of workstations. Online 5.0 is installed on a SPARC-10 dedicated to Informix use, and users access the database remotely using I-NET and I-STAR. There are currently over 100 users successfully accessing the DB remotely; however one user cannot. This user receives error -951 "User is not known on remote host." This user satisfies all of the requirements of Informix's remote access, including: 1. .rhosts file in home directory, readable by all, which establishes the proper trust relationship (+ username) 2. passwordless account on remote machine The user can log in directly to the Informix machine, so the login is obviously valid. Once there, the user can access the database using dbaccess. When dbaccess is run from a client, it runs fine except that the remote database is not shown when 'QueryLanguage' or 'Database' is chosen, and when the database name is typed in explictly, error -951 is displayed. The user's home directory is readable and 'executable' by all and their group is that of all other users. Our vendor has passed it off as a Unix problem and suggested rebooting the server. The fact that the user can rlogin and rsh to the server seems to indicate otherwise. I know this was a long positing, but if you got to this point and have any advice or related experience, I would be extremely glad to 'hear' it. Thanks, Carolyn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carolyn Drain Standard Disclaimers Apply Consultant CAP Gemini America Internet: carold@meaddata.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~