passwd incorrect

[dhanish]

Hi,
I am using NIS and for a particualr NIS user when i am trying to connect to a particulat hp machine using reflection x it says passwd incorrect and same p[assword if i use through telnet it works .Plus i have tried logging into the other nis machines using the same user and passwd through reflection x , it works fine with that passwd but for the particualr hp machine it gives passwd error using reflection x ...any clues ????

[U.SivaKumar_2]

hi,
guess , you might have used some terminal control characters ( reflection ) in password
please try this. change the password for that problematic user to a simple text password
eg. foxpro in the NIS master server and try again.

regards,
U.SivaKumar

[Alex Glennie]

see login cumulative patch PHCO_25590 : it refers to login(1) uses a stale password on NIS client at 11.00 ...... this if the O/S is 11.00 is most likely your problem as CDE uses login(1) to authenticate users !

[dhanish]

Hi,
1) On the other HP 11.0 machine where this patch is not present , i am not facing any problem their with the password.
2)PLus on this particular machine i a facing the problem with all the nis user ids i tried with 2 more ids ..same problem persist

[Emiel van Grinsven]

Hi,

Try another approach ... Is this server correctly in the domain? Can you do other NIS assiociated commands?

Grt, E.

[dhanish]

Yes the server is corrcetly in the domain i am able to exec other nis commnads ..the only problem is with CDE no letting anyone to get it through REflection x .

[Alex Glennie]

install the patch !!!

[Emiel van Grinsven]

Hi again,

Did you consider all the password requirements?

Passwords must be constructed to meet the following requirements:

+ Each password must have at least six characters. Only the first
eight characters are significant.

+ Each password must contain at least two alphabetic
characters and at least one numeric or special character. In
this case, "alphabetic" refers to all upper or lower case
letters.

+ Each password must differ from the user's login username and
any reverse or circular shift of that login username. For
comparison purposes, an upper case letter and its
corresponding lower case letter are equivalent.

+ New passwords must differ from the old by at least three
characters. For comparison purposes, an upper case letter and
its corresponding lower case letter are equivalent.

HTH, Emiel

[dhanish]

Hi,
As i am able to login tom other HP 11.0 machine which is alos in the same NIS domain using reflection x so..it meand i am comlying to all passwd conditions.

[Emiel van Grinsven]

I have to agree with Alex.

[dhanish]

Hi,
I installed the patch ...even then the problem persist.

thnks

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

Hi Nitin

Is there a way you can change the no. of bits and parity on the client side . We had once this problem with odd 7 , and even 8 , so try these settings.


Manoj Srivastava

[dhanish]

Manoj , i dony know how to do that , can u let me know ..i will try the same.

[Alex Glennie]

see man stty but I don't see how this will affect CDE's dtlogin/dtgreet !