Re: OpenServer 5.0 / Informix password bug?
Posted in 1998
Try fixmog after passwd change
david.ashby@workcover.nsw.gov.au wrote:
>
> Jay,
>
> Try rebooting the PC after password change. The userid/password maybe
> held in cache somewhere.
>
> Just guessing.
>
>
> David Ashby
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: OpenServer 5.0 / Informix password bug?
> Author: Jay Hannah <jhannah@mammoth.org> at WCA-INET
> Date: 10/3/98 8:05 PM
>
> Greetings --
>
> SCO OpenServer 5.0
> DB-Access Version 7.20.UC5
> Windows 95 ODBC 3.0.23.1 (shouldn't matter?)
>
> Can anyone explain the following behavior?
> ---
> 1) ODBC to Informix works find with user "jhannah", password "1stPW".
> 2) Telnet to OpenServer, change passwd jhannah to "DifferentPW".
> 3) ODBC to Informix errors:
> [Informix][sqlinfmx.dll] SQL Error (-952):
> User's password is not correct for the database server.
> 4) (ODBC with old password gives the same error -- as expected)
> Shut down oninit, start it back up.
> 5) ODBC to Informix gives the same error.
> 6) Hmmm... Reboot OpenServer.
> 7) ODBC to Informix gives the same error.
> 8) Telnet to OpenServer, change passwd jhannah back to "1stPW".
> 9) ODBC to Informix works fine.
> --
>
> Is this a bug? Can I *never* change passwords on users I want to be able
> to use ODBC?
>
> Perplexed,
>
> Jay
>