Re: IFMX/Redhat 6.0

It seems it's a bug in password validation. The first connection methods work because they don't use password validation but user/host equivalence (as rcmd). It could be a bug, but I would check out what user/password database (plain /etc/passwd file or /etc/shadow, or may be NIS) are you using (or what PAM do you use). Sorry, I can't tell you more since I don't now very much of Linux (and Informix on Linux), Best Regards, Octav On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 01:03:50PM -0400, Steve Romankiw wrote: > I am having problems connecting to my Informix instance...well kinda! > > I am able to use dbaccess to successfully connect to the stores7@demo > database. These options work: > * dbaccess->database->select->{select database} > * dbaccess->connection->connect->{select server}->{press enter for > user:} > > However, when I try to connect the following way, I cannot connect: > * dbaccess->connection->connect->{select server}->{enter username: > informix}->{enter password: abc123} > * dbaccess->connection->connect->{select server}->{select > database}->{enter username: informix}->{press enter for password: } > > *** Each of this scenarios results in a -952: user's password is not > correct for the database server. > > I added a '+' to the /etc/hosts.equiv file to see if this would have any > effect. No! > BTW, I ran each of these scenarios as user informix. > > Not sure where to look?!? Any thoughts? > > Environment: > Redhat 6.0 on i586 > IDS 7.30.UC7 for Linux > > Sqlhosts > demo onsoctcp myserver demo_tcp> > Thanks > > Steve Romankiw -- Octav Chiriac Phone: (373) 2 22 99 67 NetInfo S.R.L. Fax: (373) 2 21 36 59 Chisinau (373) 2 22 84 88 Moldova, Republic of mailto:com@netinfo-moldova.com

Octav Chiriac <com@netinfo-moldova.com> writes: > It seems it's a bug in password validation. The first > connection methods work because they don't use password validation > but user/host equivalence (as rcmd). > > It could be a bug, but I would check out what user/password database > (plain /etc/passwd file or /etc/shadow, or may be NIS) > are you using (or what PAM do you use). > > Sorry, I can't tell you more since I don't now very much of Linux > (and Informix on Linux), Password validation doesn't work with IDS-7.30UC5 on RedHat 6.0. You'll need IDS-7.30UC7. -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My PGP fingerprint: 15 6E C7 91 5F AF 17 C4 24 93 CB 6B EB 38 B5 E5