On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
> > Any idea what this means? The fact that I am logged into vsnl means that my
> > login exists in the login file, so why this weird problem. I also have no
>
> Chances are VSNL is using something other than the /etc/passwd file
> (anyone remember the weird combination of normal and shadow passwords in
> the passwd file, none of which worked when passed through a password
> cracker?). They must have configured their POP server to use the correct
> authentication system (PAM module?) but forgot about PINE.
>
Well, actually, it doesn't happen all the time. Which is the biggest
problem with vsnl problems. They are not reproducable. Right now, I am
using pine from vsnl, but there is no guarantee that if I disconnect and
reconnect, it will be the same.
When vsnl first started shell accounts, we could type pine at the rksh,
but now we can't. Obviously, because people could override administrator
settings using command line switches. But they could simply use a shell
script to disable that. It is far more convenient to type pine at the
shell when you're already there.
Philip
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