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Connect failed in Informix.2000 of Linux

Posted in 1999

Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Server Administration, Security, Permissions & Auditing, Platform-Specific Issues

jingker cheng — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Hi,ALL : I have installed IDS2000 on Linux (RedHat6.1). Installation is successful. I can use "dbaccess" to select data from databases. But I cannot use the "connect" function in dbaccess to connect my server itself successfully. I always get the "User's password is not correct for the database server" message even use the userid "informix". I cannot connect my database server using Client SDK,either(error message is the same, sqlerr=-952). Does anyone know what's wrong ? Thank you. PS. I can use "dbaccess" to select data from remote server successfully. Jung-Hui Cheng cheng@dbtel.com.tw

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kagel@bloomberg.net — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <383A8AF4.8AFADC1E@smtp.dbtel.com.tw>, jingker cheng <jingker.cheng@smtp.dbtel.com.tw> wrote: > Hi,ALL : > > I have installed IDS2000 on Linux (RedHat6.1). Installation > is successful. I can use "dbaccess" to select data from databases. > But I cannot use the "connect" function in dbaccess to connect > my server itself successfully. I always get the "User's password is > not correct for the database server" message even use the > userid "informix". I cannot connect my database server using > Client SDK,either(error message is the same, sqlerr=-952). > Does anyone know what's wrong ? Thank you. > > PS. I can use "dbaccess" to select data from remote server > successfully. Are you using shadow passwords or PAM? There has been a problem connecting to the engine if shadowing or PAM are used. If you are doing so, revert to standard password file use. Art S. Kagel Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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Mike Segel — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Hmmm that would imply that Informix isn't using std C calls to get access to the passwd info and instead is trying to do a quick and dirty check against etc/passwd. -G kagel@bloomberg.net wrote: > In article <383A8AF4.8AFADC1E@smtp.dbtel.com.tw>, > jingker cheng <jingker.cheng@smtp.dbtel.com.tw> wrote: > > Hi,ALL : > > > > I have installed IDS2000 on Linux (RedHat6.1). Installation > > is successful. I can use "dbaccess" to select data from databases. > > But I cannot use the "connect" function in dbaccess to connect > > my server itself successfully. I always get the "User's password is > > not correct for the database server" message even use the > > userid "informix". I cannot connect my database server using > > Client SDK,either(error message is the same, sqlerr=-952). > > Does anyone know what's wrong ? Thank you. > > > > PS. I can use "dbaccess" to select data from remote server > > successfully. > > Are you using shadow passwords or PAM? There has been a problem > connecting to the engine if shadowing or PAM are used. If you are > doing so, revert to standard password file use. > > Art S. Kagel > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

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Ronald Cole — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Mike Segel <mikey@NOSPAM.KING.OF.MY.DOMAIN.MAPSON.Segel.com> writes: > Hmmm that would imply that Informix isn't using std C calls to get access > to the passwd info and instead is trying to do a quick and dirty check > against etc/passwd. More than that, it means that Informix.2000 for Linux will not be PAM- aware. Crippling the OS security to get database security should be optional, not mandatory! That free copy of Sybase or Oracle for Linux is looking better... -- 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

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