Re: ODBC connection from Windows to Linux

"Francisco Roldan" <f_roldan@admcentralagricola.com.gt> schrieb: >I installed the CliendSDK Ver 3.80(32bits) on >a Windows XP Professional PC Please verify the version number. The most recent version of the CSDK for Windows is 2.81TC3, which includes the ODBC driver version 3.82 32bit. >My server is Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC11 >on Red Hat Linux 9 (Intel Pentium IV box) . That's also a rather old version of IDS. The current version for Linux is 7.31UD8. >I tried to make an odbc test connection from Win XP, >but it doesn't get connected, displaying >"User Password is not correct for the database" >and in the online.log : >listener-thread: err = -952: oserr = 0: errstr = : User ()'s password is not >correct for the database server. >I am really sure that the password is correct Does the password contain any special characters that might have a different representation on Windows and Linux? Try a password that contains only standard 7-bit ASCII characters. Shadow passwords are not a problem in current IDS versions. I am not really sure about your version, though. Check the release notes. HTH, Richard