Re: [netatalk-admins] DES, how to log in


Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] DES, how to log in
From: Paul J. Schinder (schinder@leprss.gsfc.nasa.gov)
Date: Wed Sep 30 1998 - 12:33:50 EDT


On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 09:13:52AM -0700, Paul Krohn wrote:
} with lots of generous help from people on this list, i've successfuly
} compiled & installed netatalk on a couple of test systems & am very close
} on my destination system.
}
} on my test system, when i try to log in using AppleShare 3.7.4, i get a
} dialog box that specifies clear text, scrambled, or two-way scrampled
} depending on whether i've specified
} -cleartxt, -randnum, or -rand2num. If either of the latter two are
} specified, my user/pass combo fails - 'your password is incorrect. please
} re-enter it'.
}
} what have i forgotten?

randnum does not use /etc/passwd. Do you have your netatalk password
in cleartext in a file named .passwd in your home directory? (For
security's sake, it should, of course, *not* be the same as your
regular password.)

}
} ------------
} Paul Krohn
} San Francisco Examiner Systems Department
} 110 Fifth Street
} San Francisco, CA 94103
} 415-777-7884
} krohn@examiner.com - www.examiner.com
}

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Paul J. Schinder
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
schinder@leprss.gsfc.nasa.gov



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