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

Ramesh Ramamurthy wrote: | ||Besides, this has nothing to do with trusted systems. || ||My nose tells me the error message is the wrong message for the error. || ||Has anyone ever seen this? What am I overlooking? | || | |I have had this problem quite a few times. This has to do with the unix |security. The machine in which the database cannot confirm your entry |so it does not trust. One way to get around this problem is to create a |".netrc" file in you home directory. This file should have the |following:machine machin1 login jdoe password jdoe1 | |machine1,jdoe,jdoe1 are just examples use actual data in this place. |This will definitely get you access to the database. Thanks, ramesh (and other quiet respondent). I cannot go with this solution, as per the warning in the MAN page for .netrc - I would have my unencrypted password out in the open. However, I decided to go against reasoning and created a .rhosts file in my home directory, naming the machine and my login ID. (I would have preferred /etc/hosts.equiv but I am not root on this machine.) I can get in now. Of course I still have no idea why this was necessary in this instance and not necessary in the other instance but I have a task to complete and limited time for speculation. Thanks again. -- -- Jake (In pursuit of undomesticated semi-aquatic avians) +---------------------------------------------------------------+ |Insofar as manifestations of functional deficiencies are agreed| |by any and all concerned parties to be imperceivable, and are | |so stipulated, it is incumbent upon said heretofore mentioned | |parties to exercise the deferment of otherwise pertinent | |maintenance procedures. | +--------------------------------------- (www.hardyharhar.com) -+