Re: Setting password for database user on Linux
From: Carlos Benjamin <benj@firstlinux.net> > >--- the_bwana@my-deja.com > > wrote: > >That's strange...last time I talked to Informix (4-5 days ago) they > >said that the PAM bug (120510 I believe) was NOT scheduled to be > >addressed in any subsequent version (from 7.30UC10). They said that > >buying support might create an incentive for them to take up the bug > >again (!). In other words - they want me to pay for a lottery ticket. > >This absolutely sucks. > >Last time I checked, Powerball was cheaper and the potential payoff was >greater (with 57 Million dollars, I could forget about any software bugs I >can think of). Is that a detergent? >If you send me half of what Informix is asking, I might find that incentive >enough to work on the problem....... or take a vacation. :-) I don't think anything less than a *massive* support contract would get Informix to reopen this, judging by the feedback I've had. I think it could easily be considered reprehensible, and could be construed as showing a definite lack of commitment to Linux on Informix. HOWEVER: the bug allegedly does not exist in 9.20, and since there is a free upgrade... (as I said before) > >In article <396E2770.B32B8626@bloomberg.net>, > > kagel@bloomberg.net wrote: > >> Informix does not do its own authentication at all. It relies on the > >> OS to authenticate users so ostensibly it will use whatever you have > >> setup for your system. The problem with the Linux version right now > >> is a bug that blocks using shadown passwd file or PAM. It is > >> scheduled to be fixed in a future release, see the Informix WEB site > >> for details of version. Search their bug tracking for shadow and/or > >> PAM until you find the bug report which should specify the version > >> scheduled to contain the fix. > >> > >> Art S. Kagel > >> > >> Ivan Raikov wrote: > >> > > >> > Isn't there a way to make Informix use a different authentication > >> > scheme (if not PAM, how about Kerberos)? If yes, how do I find out > >> > more, I've searched the Informix Web site unsuccessfully. > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > Ivan Raikov > >> > > >> > "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> writes: > >> > > >> > > Known problem if you are using the shadow password file or PAM. > >You > >> > > have to back down to /etc/passwd and connection with a username > >and > >> > > password will work again. The method was posted here in the last > >4 > >> > > months a few times and I believe it is somewhere on the Informix > >site > >> > > as well. > >> > > > >> > > Art S. Kagel > >> > > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Ivan Raikov > >> > 800 Fowler Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30313-2554 > >> > Phone: 404-892-6579 x. 106 > >> > Email: raikov@cc.gatech.edu > >> > > > > > >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > >Before you buy. > >== >Maintainer of the procrastinator's FAQ. > Well, maybe tomorrow I will be. > >_____________________________________________________________ >Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> writes: > I don't think anything less than a *massive* support contract would get > Informix to reopen this, judging by the feedback I've had. I think it could > easily be considered reprehensible, and could be construed as showing a > definite lack of commitment to Linux on Informix. HOWEVER: the bug allegedly > does not exist in 9.20, and since there is a free upgrade... (as I said > before) I am under the distinct impression that the free upgrade is only for those with support contracts, which the $99 version of 7.30 for Linux didn't come with. Would be happy to be proven wrong here, though! -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B