Subject: Re: Password change=lockout
From: Benjamin Gilbert (i479@prism.simplenet.com)
Date: Sun Jan 23 2000 - 18:06:52 EST
At 1/23/00 8:52 AM, Peter C. Nikolaidis (peter@paradigmcomputers.com)
wrote:
> After three of my four users have changed their passwords in the past
>few days, they can no longer mount shares via netatalk. They can connect
>fine with telnet, FTP, samba, etc., just not netatalk. Is there some cache
>I need to flush or some such?
If you're using the randnum/rand2num UAM (in the AppleTalk login dialog,
it says "Scrambled", "2-way Scrambled", "Randnum", "2-way Randnum",
etc.), your netatalk password is *not* your Unix password, because these
UAMs require that the server have your password in plaintext. Look at
the .passwd file in the users' home directories.
If, however, you're using cleartext passwords: if your /etc/passwd (or
/etc/shadow) is set up to store more than the first 8 characters of
passwords (using MD5 encryption or somesuch), be aware that AppleShare
authentication (excluding the new DHX UAM, I believe) doesn't support
passwords longer than 8 characters.
--Benjamin Gilbert
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