local flow control off - can't telnet

[Sallyl]

I just converted an Hp9000 to a trusted system. A co-worker reset a password for a user, and when he went to test it, he realized telnet isn't working. Luckily we can still ssh to the box. I signed on to the console and restarted inetd daemon. I could telnet to the loopback, but the passwd doesn't work for root.

Escape character is '^]'.
Local flow control off
Connection closed by foreign host.

[Bill Hassell]

telnet won't be affected by converting to Trusted. The untrusted password is always 8 or less characters no matter what you actually type. When you convert to Trusted, anything longer than 8 characters is computed and logins will fail. That's because untruisted systems ignore characters beyond 8.

Now if no passwords work, this is a bug in nsswitch.conf when it has compat listed. Change all "compat" lines to "files" and your Trusted system will accept passwords.

[Sallyl]

After double checking all the files, I restated inetd for a second time. Don't ask my why, but it works now, without changing anything! I'm still glad I found this web site, I will use it again! Thanks!

[Bill Hassell]

If you are new to HP-UX, these websites will also be very helpful:

Hardware parts reference
http://partsurfer.hp.com

documentation
http://docs.hp.com/

knowledge library
https://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/enterService.do

patches
http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/search.do?BC=main|&pageOsid=hpux

pathc bundles
http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/releaseIndexPage.do?BC=main|