Re: Informix doesn't support Linux?
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