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Re: Strange login behaviour:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael J. Yanowitz)
Tue Nov 5 08:19:01 1996
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 07:16:24 -0600
From: yanowitz@stereotaxis.wustl.edu (Michael J. Yanowitz)
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Yes, adding aptiva to /etc/hosts solved the problem, as I presumed that
executing hostname aptiva, and setting it in the network config tool
would have done that for me.
I did a complete install not upgrade of 4.0, with the exception that
I backed-up /home (where all the user accounts are), and restored it
after installing 4.0. I also ran calderize, which may effect the
passwords?
I also removed the yp packages, so I am hoping that my system
wasn't depending upon yppasswd to set password?
In the add user tool, I thought I added passwords, but they appear
to have been ignored (any password worked).
Michael J. Yanowitz
November 5, 1996
> I might be able to help with the host name thing...
>
> When you upgraded you might have clobbered /etc/hosts
>
> This file is used to lookup names and turn them into IP addresses:
>
> 111.111.111.111 aptiva aptiva.fred.com
>
> ...Would be an example entry,
>
> By default,
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
>
> ...is almost always there.
>
>
> To fix it, you'll need a backup of you hosts file, OR a domain name
> server and a properly configured networking setup, OR the IP number for
> aptiva so you can manually enter it into /etc/hosts.
>
> Your username/password utilities appear to be munched.
>
> You did an UPGRADE ?
>
> I've not migrated to 4.0 so hopefully someone else can elaborate from
> first-hand experience...
>
> - Good luck !
>
> THX
> -AEF
>
>
>
> On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Michael J. Yanowitz wrote:
>
> > None of this happenned in 3.0.3, but I did a complete reinstall to 4.0.
> > But this used to work:
> > [mjyan@aptiva mjyan]$ hostname
> > aptiva
> > [mjyan@aptiva mjyan]$ rlogin aptiva -l yanowitz
> > aptiva: unknown host
> > [mjyan@aptiva mjyan]$ telnet aptiva -l yanowitz
> > aptiva: Unknown host
> > [mjyan@aptiva mjyan]$ telnet localhost
> > Trying 127.0.0.1...
> > Connected to localhost.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> >
> > Why don't telnet and rlogin recognize aptiva as the hostname, but
> > localhost is recognized?
> >
> > Also when I login, to any non-root account:
> > 1) Any password is accepted
> > 2) So I typed passwd and enterred a new password which is a
> > 2 digit number followed by a 5 character word, and passwd responded
> > with:
> > it is based on a dictionary word
> >
> > I have used similar passwords in the past, and this is the only
> > time where a password such as 34linux (not my real password)
> > would not be allowed. I don't want a cryptic password. Are there
> > any normal passwd programs around or could/should I load the one
> > from 3.0.3?
> >
> > Thanks in advance:
> > Michael J. Yanowitz
> > November 4, 1996
> >
> >
> > --
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