Re: Informix Security question...

Sandeep: You can use pwconv/pwunconv to accomplish this. See man pages for more details. Steve Romankiw sandeep.singh@usa.net wrote: > Thanks for your response -that is what I thought it > might be but when I replaced the passwd file with > shadow file it started giving me authentication > errors -so I abandoned that line of thought. > > So, how do you disable shadowing? > > Sandeep > > In article <rtagoeee8os9@corp.supernews.com>, > "CZ" <1@2.3> wrote: > > You answered your own question. Informix definitely does NOT like > shadow > > passwords. Disable this in your configuration and you should be OK. > > > > -CZ > > > > <sandeep.singh@usa.net> wrote in message > news:7r0q98$sp1$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I asked this earlier but did not get any responses - > > > so I am re-phrasing it a bit: > > > > > > I am having trouble logging into an InFormix database > > > when I specify the user name and a password -there is > > > NO problem when I try to connect without a username & > > > password. For reasons that I explained in the previous > > > post -I need to specify a username and password (in > > > short, I need to impersonate another user). Using > > > DBACCESS -thru the CONNECTION menu if I specify a > > > username and its Unix password -it gives error 952 > > > -bad password but if I login without a username it > > > lets me in. > > > > > > I have IDS 7.3 UC7.2 on RedHat Linux 6.0. Linux uses > > > /etc/shadow in addition to /etc/password -could it be > > > because of that? If so -what is the fix? Thanks, > > > > > > Sandeep > > > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > > Share what you know. Learn what you don't. > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.