Re: Connecting (IConnect) Solaris machine to a Linux server

> From: Jonathan Leffler <jleffler@earthlink.net> At: 11/30 2:53 > > On 11/29/05, Art S. Kagel <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote: > > Rupan3rd wrote: <SNIP> > > > Hi there, I have a question for you smart guys. > > > > > > I have Sun Solaris 9 machine where Informix IConnect 10.0 is installed. > > > The machine should make use of the database server (IDS 10.0) installed > > > on a Red Hat EL4 Linux server. > > > > > > By default Linux does not provide 'rlogin' functionality, which is the > > > default > > > method used by Informix to make the connectivity. Now it is installed on > > > my box. > > > > Not to worry, the underlying rcmd() interface is included in the Linux > > libraries which is all that Informix requires. This works so... > > I am under the illusion that IDS does not use the rcmd() interface - > whatever that is - and in fact does not require the r-commands Jonathan: My only point was that the r-commands are indeed NOT required. I was under the impression that IDS uses the ruserok() and rcmd() library functions for at least a portion of the user validation and those functions are indeed included in the Linux libraries. If oninit is indeed simply emulating the authentication protocol that rcmd() uses that's fine. I only meant to reassure Rupan3rd that this was not a problem. > installed on the machine to operate, unless you are doing ontape > archives to a remote device. The communications between client and > server or between server and server use the r-commands configuration > files but that's all. The rest is in IDS. > > Do you have any evidence that the r-commands actually must be > installed for IDS to work? No I do not and if you read carefully I did not say that the r-commands (ie the rlogin and rsh commandline utilities) needed to be installed for IDS to work. I only stated that the rcmd library calls ARE present and if anything were needed it would only be those functions, so not to worry. <SNIP> Art S. Kagel