RE: Help! Error -956: My system doesen't trust itself

I don't know if this helps but we've noticed that on the NCR port, the informix security mechanisms do not traverse the inet_addr structure to match up the IP address with the name in .rhosts in the gethostbynum call. We tested this by creating a DNS structure with 4 names to the same I.P. address, for example 10.1.1.1 aka goofy, iserver, PTL3445 and development. If the .rhosts of machine 10.1.1.2 permits iserver, then rsh from 10.1.1.1 to 10.1.1.2 will work whereas Informix connections will not. If on the other hand the abovementioned .rhosts contains goofy instead of iserver, then both rsh and Informix work. This implies that Informix (on this port at least) is looking up the first name on the inet_addr structure and if it doesn't match, terminates the connection. The obvious workaround is to keep a one-to-one mapping between IP addresses and names so there is no confusion. Andrew Cilia At 13:51 26/09/97 -0700, you wrote: }If you connection is specified as type "net", then Informix is }making a connection that can be viewed as if it were a "loopback". }In this case, the answer is to create a ".rhosts" file in Informix's }home directory. Place an entry in the file for each server that }is to be trusted. When you ping the server, does it respond with }the fully qualified name? I.e. ping -s myserver returns: }myserver.mydomain.com. If so, use the fully qualified domain }name in the .rhosts file. } }-d } }At 02:42 PM 9/26/97 -0400, Saxena, Madhu (Madhu)** CTR ** wrote: }}Hi, }} This is Carl Berner I have the same problem. I am trying to transfer }}rows from a table to a different database server, I am getting -956 }}error }} We added the host name to /etc/hosts.equiv file. It still gives the }}same error. Both server's hosts.equiv files have host names in them. }}One server has sqlhosts file and the other one does not. They both are }}running 7.11. It used to work at one time. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. }} }}Carl Berner }}cberner@lucent.com }}}---------- }}}From: Ravi Joseph Pinto[SMTP:ravi@bomoas.emory.edu] }}}Sent: Friday, September 26, 1997 6:37 AM }}}To: Jacob Salomon; informix-list@rmy.emory.edu }}}Subject: Re: Help! Error -956: My system doesen't trust itself }}} }}}Hi Jake, }}} }}}Though, in the original post you have pointed out that there is not }}}/etc/hosts.equiv and neither is one required, one solution is to }}}create the /etc/hosts.equiv file on the host and enter hostname in it. }}}This should resolve the issue. }}} }}}HTH, }}}Ravi... }}}-- }}}Ravi Joseph Pinto, mailto:ravi@in.dhl.com }}}Senior Consultant, voice :91-22-8503000 extn. 1531 }}}Astra Infotech, Mumbai, India }}} }}}PS : Standard disclaimers apply. }}} }}} }} }} } }