Re: IFMX/Redhat 6.0

The shadow file was the culprit. Thanks. Steve Romankiw Colonel Panic wrote: > In article <7q18bg$4se$1@news.xmission.com>, > Steve Romankiw <sromankiw@execrisk.com> 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. > > Are you using passwd shadowing? If so, you can't connect that way due > to a known bug. You can avoid it by turning passwd shadowing off via > the pwunconv utility, if that isn't unacceptable for other reasons > (e.g. if this is a standalone machine). > > -- > Alan Denney yosemite at accesscom.com > "I have an army to raise, and I must get to Nicaragua. I require a window > seat and an in-flight Happy Meal. And NO PICKLES! Oh, God HELP you if > I find PICKLES!" -- Baby Stewie in "The Family Guy"