Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] can log in only as guest (no shadowpasswd!) (RESOLVED!)
From: Rob Clark (rclark@dotwireless.com)
Date: Mon Oct 26 1998 - 18:09:34 EST
Thanks to everyone who responded. I built the latest version
(netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.0.tar.gz) from source, and the problem went
away.
I guess it must have been some problem with the .rpm that I originally
installed from. Thanks!
Rob Clark wrote:
>
> David S. wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi, I have just installed netatalk, and I am having the "can log in as
> > > guest, but not as user" problem, but with a twist: I am not using
> > > shadow passwords. The symptoms are: (1) if I try and login w/ bogus
> > > username/passwd I get a "Sorry, your password is incorrect. Please
> > > reenter it." dialog. (2) If I try and login with a real username, but
> > > bogus or real passwd, I get a "The connection to this server has been
> > > unexpectedly broken" dialog.
> > >
> >
> > This question is addressed in the 'netatalk' FAQ. You need to make sure that
> > your shell, and all of your users' shells, are listed in '/etc/shells' on your
> > 'netatalk' server.
>
> The shell that I use, /usr/bash, is in /etc/shells. (I did check the
> faq before turning to the mailing list for help.)
>
> Other info:
>
> I am running this on a RedHat v5.1 system (ie w/glibc).
>
> I installed netatalk from .rpm (netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.0-5.i386.rpm),
> so I would have thought that it would have returned an error when I
> installed if there was any missing libraries, etc.
>
> Where does netatalk log errors too? If I could see some error messages
> from the linux side, it might make it easier to figure out what is going
> on.
>
> Thanks
>
> > > If it matters, I am using cleartext password exchange.
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