Re: Informix doesn't support Linux?
Thread on whether Informix supports Linux password schemes. Jonathan Leffler said bugs B120510 and B125608 were fixed in 9.20.UC1 and 9.21.UC2, which reportedly work with MD5 passwords and PAM. Thanh posted a broken PAM module link and asked for 9.21.UC4 release notes. Ronald Cole said to download and install the rpm to read them.
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On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Carrie Coy wrote: >We're trying to implement IDS.2000 9.20.UC2 on Linux. There are later versions than that, such as 9.21.UC2, which do have support for at least MD5 passwords and, I believe, PAM in general. >Apparently Informix has still not bothered to fix the long-standing bug >which prevents PAM password authentication (bug 120510). Is this >correct? I believe that you are incorrect. Bug B120510 is a duplicate of B115684. This is supposed to be fixed in the 9.20.UC1 release. There is another bug, B125608, which was fixed in 9.21.UC2. According to information I received in June 2000, the 9.21.UC2 code does work with MD5 passwords. >According to tech support there are no immediate plans to fix it. Is >that correct? In the 9.20 versions, that is correct (no fix intended) -- the fix is in the current 9.21.UC2 version. Now, if you are saying that 9.21.UC2 has not fixed it after all, then that is a different issue altogether. >We happily use a single sign-on system in our organization >(http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/appliance/winbind.pdf). Interesting URL -- thanks! >Every single linux and windows client is smart enough to authenticate >against a single password repository stored on the PDC. Now the whole >scheme has to be thrown out to support a very expensive and defective >Informix product. How ridiculous is that? If you have bought the product, you presumably also have support and can also get the upgrades from 9.20 to 9.21 at a very nominal cost. >How can Informix claim to support Linux ("way coool penguin man") but not >bother to fix a crippling bug in their product? >-- >Carrie Coy >SysAdmin >Vermont Department of Corrections -- Yours, Jonathan Leffler (Jonathan.Leffler@Informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix v1.00.PC1 -- http://www.perl.com/CPAN "I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it!"
Another URL (does not work) relates to PAM/Informix: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/modules.html Thanh In article <932p4m$en9$1@news.xmission.com>, Jonathan Leffler <Jonathan.Leffler@informix.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Carrie Coy wrote: > >We're trying to implement IDS.2000 9.20.UC2 on Linux. > > There are later versions than that, such as 9.21.UC2, which do have > support for at least MD5 passwords and, I believe, PAM in general. > > >Apparently Informix has still not bothered to fix the long-standing bug > >which prevents PAM password authentication (bug 120510). Is this > >correct? > > I believe that you are incorrect. Bug B120510 is a duplicate of > B115684. This is supposed to be fixed in the 9.20.UC1 release. There > is another bug, B125608, which was fixed in 9.21.UC2. According to > information I received in June 2000, the 9.21.UC2 code does work with > MD5 passwords. > > >According to tech support there are no immediate plans to fix it. Is > >that correct? > > In the 9.20 versions, that is correct (no fix intended) -- the fix is in > the current 9.21.UC2 version. Now, if you are saying that 9.21.UC2 has > not fixed it after all, then that is a different issue altogether. > > >We happily use a single sign-on system in our organization > >(http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/appliance/winbind.pdf). > > Interesting URL -- thanks! > > >Every single linux and windows client is smart enough to authenticate > >against a single password repository stored on the PDC. Now the whole > >scheme has to be thrown out to support a very expensive and defective > >Informix product. How ridiculous is that? > > If you have bought the product, you presumably also have support and can > also get the upgrades from 9.20 to 9.21 at a very nominal cost. > > >How can Informix claim to support Linux ("way coool penguin man") but not > >bother to fix a crippling bug in their product? > >-- > >Carrie Coy > >SysAdmin > >Vermont Department of Corrections > > -- > Yours, > Jonathan Leffler (Jonathan.Leffler@Informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> > Guardian of DBD::Informix v1.00.PC1 -- http://www.perl.com/CPAN > "I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it!" > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
In article <932p4m$en9$1@news.xmission.com>, Jonathan Leffler <Jonathan.Leffler@informix.com> wrote: > There are later versions than that, such as 9.21.UC2, which do have > support for at least MD5 passwords and, I believe, PAM in general. 9.21.UC4 has been released but I don't see the Release Notes posted on Informix web site. Can anyone send it to me (or post it here) to thanh.ma@casi-rusco.com Thanks, Thanh Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Thanh <tqma@my-deja.com> writes: > 9.21.UC4 has been released but I don't see the Release Notes posted > on Informix web site. Can anyone send it to me (or post it here) > to thanh.ma@casi-rusco.com One could always download it from intraware.com, install the rpm and read the release notes for oneself.. -- 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 GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B