Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!yarra!bacchus!matt From: matt@bacchus.esa.oz (Matt Atterbury) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: local registry Message-ID: Date: 23 May 91 07:37:23 GMT Article-I.D.: henry.MATT.91May23173724 Sender: matt@bacchus.esa.oz.au Distribution: comp Organization: Expert Solutions Australia. Lines: 25 OK, I've tried everything I know (took 30 seconds :-) and I still can't figure it out ... We have a disked DN3500 running SR10.2 using xdm for logging in. It _used_ to have a rgyd but we've taken it off now (the problem seemed to occur "not long" after doing this). When trying to log in, xdm seems to use the local registry for passwords etc as most people can't log in, but some can. You can rlogin and crp onto it fine from anywhere on the net, but you (i.e. most people) just can't log in at the console! Fortunately, the most frequent users tend to be able to log in (another indication that it's using the local registry). Question is, WHY!? Do I have to restart its rgyd? I've checked that /etc/passwd and /etc/group have obty of passwd/group respectively; /sys/registry looks OK (don't know what ACLs it should have). As I said, it seems that only xdm has problems, so I'm lost. It's the only node out of ~18 with this problem. help! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Atterbury [matt@bacchus.esa.oz.au] Expert Solutions Australia, Melbourne UUCP: ...!uunet!munnari!matt@bacchus.esa.oz.au "klaatu barada nikto" or: ...!uunet!murtoa!bacchus.esa.oz.au!matt "consider this a divorce" ARPA: matt%bacchus.esa.oz.AU@uunet.UU.NET "life? don't talk to me about life!"