rod@BORN.phys.virginia.edu (Rod Early) (06/05/91)
If you are using an AIX machine as a fileserver for Macintosh computers through a (Cayman) GatorBox, your help will be tremendously appreciated. Of course, I am trying to set up an AIX machine as a file server for the Macintosh through a GatorBox. (I have successfully set up an Ultrix machine as a file server through the same GatorBox.) I have set up the GatorBox to use authentication using files (/etc/passwd, /etc/group) and the AIX machine seems to have the necessary processes (mountd, nfsd, portmap) running. The trouble is that I get "Sorry, your password is incorrect. Please reenter it." every time I try to log on through the Chooser". But I am sure that I am entering the correct password. The GatorBox log says this: L4 d07f AFP: user's password didn't match password in file L2 d07f some login problem (LoginComp) in addition to other messages. I did try it with (purposefully) incorrect passwords, and I get exactly the same response. I am exporting /etc -- this had to be done through smit. I noticed that the /etc/passwd file is different on this machine than on the Ultrix machines I'm more used to and that there is a file /etc/security/passwd that contains the actual encoding of the password. If you have any suggestions, or better -- a solution, please send me some email. If you need more information, please ask for it. Thank you :-) -Rod Early ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that | |whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)| |............................................................................. | Usual disclaimer applies | |............................................................................. |Rod Early (rne2c@virginia.edu) | Finger rod@born.phys.virginia.edu | |112 Thomas Drive | for more info. |
rtp1@quads.uchicago.edu (raymond thomas pierrehumbert) (06/11/91)
> (Problems with using the Gatorbox to mount NFS volumes from >RS6000 onto a Mac). I have a Gatorbox on a mixed network too. The problem with password authentication comes about because of the secure password feature in aix. The password is not stored in the /etc/passwd file, but rather is looked for in another file which is closed to the outside world. The gatorbox can't cope with this, since it reads the /etc/passwd file to do authentication. The only way I was able to work around this was to establish an /etc/macpasswd and /etc/macgroup files, and put in the standard Unix encrypted passwords by hand. It is a big nuisance every time I want to add a user or change a password, so I'd be happy to hear of other workarounds. .