Re: Informix Online 7, Sparc, Solaris, NIS

paul, > Informix Online 7.1, SparcStation4, Solaris2.5, originally installed > without NIS, and NIS added recently. it sounds like it might not have been added correctly. > However, when using a remote machine (we have /etc/hosts.equiv set > up to allow all machines to share each other's resources), I now > find that I need to set the server up to have my username in > /etc/passwd and password in /etc/shadow, otherwise dbaccess where, on what machines? the nis files should be identical on all machines, so none of that should be an issue, that is why i said that it might not have been installed and/or files propagated correctly. i have a setup with all of my software on the server, and every client remote mounts the directory with the executables, and that is how they get isql and such. with nis, all the password files are current and in place, so each client access the server with nothing done specifically on the client short of remote mounting the informix directory. > Surely Informix Online uses proper system calls to interrogate > details of the user, rather than accessing the passwd/shadow files yes, but where does that information come from? with the library calls that access user and password info, that simply comes from the password and shadow files. again, i would say, off the top of my head, that the nis files are propagated correctly, but then i assume you would be seeing other problems. > P.S. note the mangled email address to trip-up spam-'bots! how does this work? the mailto: throws them off as it doesn't fit the criteria for a standard e-mail address? > mailto:p.mansfield@motiv.co.uk phoneto:[+44+223] 576318 faxto:~319 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 28.8:is it the IQ, or the typical modem speed, on Usenet?