Re: 956: Client or user is not trusted by the database server

Once uppon a time (2 Mar 1996) Jim Woodring (woody@relation.com) wrote: > 956: Client or user is not trusted by the database server. > We set up DNS on our system and now get this message. I have tried to > re-install RDS, ISQL, and SE with no improvement. I have also tried to modify > /etc/hosts.equiv with no improvement either. can you rlogin from client to server? if you asked for password, problem with you DNS cfg (reverse translation) > Any help would be REALLY appreciated. > Informix 6 SE on IBM RS/6000 AIX 3.2.5 > Thanks! 1) check DNS - reverse resolution. say, nslookup xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, there xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is ip adress of the client, connecting to Online if NS respond with error, correct in-addr.arpa zone. 2) if the above works, check if user on client's hosts has home on server host and there are no .rhost there (or add domain name to that .rhosts) 3) there was a bug (as far as i remeber, in Online - but who knows?) - if your full qualified domain name is longer than 16 symbols you get -956 or core :) make sure your SE is innocent in that aspect - reduce full name to 15 symbols. for instance, change your remote client's node name to the minimum length so it won't be longer that 16 symbols name+domain. if that is the problem, i could suggest you - make cannonical names short, add CNAME entries with the desired neames. use short names to make informix auth. subroutine happy. exmpl: very-long-name IN A 121.12.33.44 change to: v IN A 121.12.33.44 very-long-name CNAME v good luck! Vitus