Do they use the system's telnet or UV's? LeRoy
Sent from my iPhone 3Gs On 23 Mar 2010, at 11:29 PM, "Karl Pearson" <[email protected]> wrote: > When ever I see someone post something that can't be replicated > because > it's inconsistent, I wonder what the answer is going to be. > > So, here goes: > > I have a client that has started experiencing a login anomaly. > First, the > use telnet, and second, they don't have passwords at the Unix level. > > They are on AIX 5.2.0.0 with Universe 10.2.12 > > The things I've seen are: > > - the session doesn't make it into UV for their password prompt but > drops > straight to Unix. > > - I've checked permissions at various locations and at various levels. > > - I've commented out various parts of both /etc/profile and > /u1/ACCT/.profile with no consistent noticeable change. > > - I've checked UV.LOGIN and ACCT > LOGIN as well and nothing has > changed > in either place, and they are performing minimal tasks. > > - I've added a sleep just before exec /u1/uv/bin/uv plus changed > uv to > uvsh to see if that mattered. It didn't change the failures. > > - Failures are either on the 2nd login, 4th login, 3rd and 4th, 6th > and > 7th, 2nd and 3rd and 5th or whenever the pattern can't be matched... > > In other words, there's no rhyme or reason that can be applied to this > failure. > > This is a real head-scratcher for me and I'm hoping someone has seen > this > or has something to offer. > > TIA > > --- > Karl Pearson > [email protected] > Owner/Administrator of the sites at > http://ourldsfamily.com > --- > "To mess up your Linux PC, you have to really work at it; > to mess up a microsoft PC you just have to work on it." > --- > Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have > for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. > --Benjamin Franklin > --- > Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually > repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. > --- > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users To read FRSTIA's disclaimer for the e-mail go to http://www.frstia.co.za/ _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
