> >>Red Hat 9.0
> >>Ok,
> >>ran grpcnv, pwconv....
> >>LD_ASSUME_KERNEL....
> >>Still no go. Anybody with RH9 and MaxDB successful? [Sapdb 7.4 installs
> >>and runs fine on that OS for me]
> >>+++ Thu Dec 11 21:59:49 2003
> >>./dbmcli -t protocol.txt -n mymachine db_create MYDB auser,*********
> >>sdb,*******
> >>+++ Thu Dec 11 21:59:49 2003
> >>Connection established to node mymachine for database (no dbname)
> >>*** Thu Dec 11 21:59:49 2003
> >>db_create MYDB auser,********* sdb,*******
> >>---
> >>ERR
> >>-24875,ERR_NEEDADMI: The operating system user is not a member of the
> >>database administrators group.
> >>149,UNIX password mismatch
> >
> >Michael,
> >please check the password of 'auser' in /etc/shadow. It should look like
> >auser:<13chars>:<someNumbers>:....
> >if it's
> >auser:$1$<8chars>$<+16chars>:<someNumbers>:....
> >you still have a MD5 hashed password.
> >
> >'auser' should also be a member of the sdba group (in /etc/group)
>
> Henrik,
>
> Correct! /etc/shadow was indeed was configured for MD5.
fine!
> So for those wondering and the mailing list archive records, the solution:
>
> As root, run "setup". Select 'Authentication Configuration' from the
> menu, skip the prompts, and uncheck "Use MD5 passwords"
>
> Just in case, I retyped all the main account passwords through passwd just
> in case since MD5 isn't reversible... don't know if this was necessary
> though... I just didn't want to get locked out.
yes, this is necessary. You can't convert a MD5 hashed password to unix
crypt, you have to retype the passwords of the sdb user and all users
in the sdba(dmin) group.
Henrik
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