Re: informix with NIS

Posted in 1997

David Williams — Sun, 2 Mar 1997 19:41:56 +0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <3318E949.1CCC@explorer.csc.com>, "Chao Y. Din" <cdin@explorer.csc.com> writes >Troy Muller wrote: >> >> This is a problem with all unix informix ports as far as I know. NIS >> is unusable, unless you find a way around Informix's calls to the >> standard user and passwd calls. >> > >I am not sure whether I understand you correctly. As I stated in my >previous post, our NIS+ has been working with Informix for almost a year >now. Sun's user and passwd calls automatically authenticate against NIS >(or NIS+) as long as it is set up correctly. That is what I mean >Informix does not need to do anything (well, maybe a little bit). >Informix is using OS's accounts and hence it is the OS that should >verify user accounts like Solaris does. > >Chao Perhaps someone from Informix could enlighten us - which system calls do they use for authenication. If non-one answers I'll ask for the root passwords at work and truss the servers!! -- David Williams