Re: Guest Access only, no authentication


Subject: Re: Guest Access only, no authentication
From: Walt Reed (walt@terrascope.com)
Date: Fri Apr 06 2001 - 15:36:24 EDT


here's my /etc/atalk/afpd.conf:

Daphne -address 192.168.xxx.xxx -transall -uamslist uams_dhx.so -nosavepasswd

it works, but like i said only w/ os 9 or later.

w

JSherry@goldenbooks.com wrote:

> my login attempts were from OS 9.1. Cleartext would be fine. I disabled guest by
> specifying only uams_clrtxt.so in my uamlist. Of course I tried adding other
> non-guest UAMS to the list, even though I'm not certain the Mac OS supports
> them. Which UAM are your users currently authenticating with?
>
> Guess I'd better try the RPM. :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walt Reed <walt@terrascope.com> at Internet-RAC
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 11:20 AM
> To: Sherry, Jonathan; netatalk-admins@umich.edu at Internet-RAC
> Subject: RE: Guest Access only, no authentication
>
> are you running os 9? i've had problems with user authentication from 8.6 and
> earlier. once i moved everyone to os 9 i was able to disable cleartext
> passwords
> on the shares. i'm running 1.5pre3 on redhat 7.0 boxes. you might try adding
> "-uamlist uams_clrtxt.so" to your afpd.conf if you are using one of the 1.5preX
> (just to get a login, then you can config for crypto later). if you are
> suddenly
> able to log in, you know it's a uams issue. then you can either update the mac
> os if you need to, or figure out what's going on with pam.
>
> i also liked the other walt's advice on using an rpm. i've had good experience
> with mine.
>
> w
>
> JSherry@goldenbooks.com wrote:
>
> > I'm a linux neophyte. I managed to get netatalk up and running following the
> > infamous Anders instructions. Only guest access is an option. If I disable
> > guest, I get the error that basically says "couldn't find appropriate UAM on
> > your client computer". I've got cleartext enabled. I added -DSHADOWPW and
> > recompiled, still no authentication.
> >
> > I'm running a standard server install of Redhat 7, and added DES, etc. per the
> > instructions, frankly 'cause I found it easier ultimately to add all
> > authentication options than to find all the lines to comment out, when I was
> > compiling.
> >
> > Any tips would be appreciated.
> >
> > Jonathan Sherry
> > Manager of Publishing & Production Systems
> > Golden Books



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