Re: ODBC to Linux connection. Error -956?

Can you please post your configuration steps in this group because I was unable to find informix.idn.linux group? The only group about informix I could find is this one (comp.databases.informix). Thanks. Alex. Joe Archer wrote: > Thanks Art, > > There were serveral issues. I've made a post on the group > informix.idn.linux > that shows all the steps taken to get things going. So, if anyone's > interested in Linux and Informix, I suggest that you join that > newsgroup and > keep things cooking. > > Joe. > > Art S. Kagel wrote: > > > Joe Archer wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm trying to get a windows client to connect to my SE server on > Linux > > > (Red Hat 5.2). The problem I'm having is when I run Ilogin, I get > an > > > error -956 ("Client client-name is not in /etc/hosts.equiv on the > > > remote host."). I can watch, when I try to connect, and see > messages > > > indicating that my client login is not accepted, so I know there > are > > > communications going back and forth over the net. > > > > > > So, I'm assuming that the message is correct. However, I don't > have a > > > "hosts.equiv". I have "hosts.allow" and "hosts.deny". How do you > go > > > about getting a connection from an ODBC client to the Linux > server? > > > Does anyone have an example of values to use on the Server and > Client > > > settings? > > > > > > Also, I'm using the Client SDK 2.01 with the Informix Driver > 3.01. Any > > > ideas will be greatly appreciated! > > > > Just create a /etc/hosts.equiv file there should be a manpage in > man4 > > describing the format but the simple format is: host user > > means allow remote connections from username "user" from hostname > > "host". That's it. Hosts.allow, hosts.deny, and hosts.lpd are used > > > for other similar purposes. > > > > Art S. Kagel > >