Exceed login works, local console login doesnt ... WHY???

[Bernhard Zorn]

Hi all!

My problem:
I just started to use Exceed from my Windows PC to access my HP. Since the first Exceed login, I couldnt manage to login locally with any user!!! What happened?

I then started to gather info on the login topic again and solved the problem (for now!) by reentering the ip with "set_parms ip_address" as shown in this forum.

The questions:
1. Why and how does this odd procedure affect the login process ?
2. Why is it possible to login with Exceed without problems, when at the same time the local login fails with any user ?

Hope somebody can explain...

Best regards from Austria!
Zorni

[RAC_1]

while with excced logins you need to have nslookups(to & fro) OK.

check you do not have any issues with that.

For plain logins- i mean telnet you need not woory abt source ips.-provided you do not have any restrctions on firewall or at hp-ux like /var/adm/inetd.sec etc.

[Brian Markus]

I had an issue like this on a 10.20 box a while back. I beleive that it was a name resolution problem. Check nsswitch.conf,
Something like this is good for test:
hosts: files [NOTFOUND=continue] dns [TRYAGAIN=conitnue NOTFOUND=continue]

Check resolv.conf and make sure the lines are setup properely.

Here is an example:
domain mydomain.com
nameserver 10.10.10.1
nameserver 10.10.10.2

You must be able to resolv by name and number. Do an nslookup and check both.
Also, check inetd.sec to make sure that's not hanging you up.

Hope this helps, Good luck.

-Brian.