Subject: Re: Password change=lockout
From: Peter C. Nikolaidis (peter@paradigmcomputers.com)
Date: Sun Jan 23 2000 - 23:44:29 EST
>> 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, 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.
The AppleTalk dialog does say we're using cleartext, and I have tried
setting the users' passwords to long (9+) and short (8 or less) values, but
nothing seems to work for any user who has changed his password recently. I
am hesitant to change my own at this point.
Just for kicks, I also nuked and recreated .passwd files in the users' home
directories on the odd chance that I had not set up the system to use shadow
passwords, but that didn't make a difference either. Regardless of what we
enter, the result is always "Sorry, the password you entered is incorrect.
Please reenter it."
Thanks,
Peter
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