On Jun 28, 23:07, Jochen Kunz wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:03:39 +0000
> Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Problem there is that the system disk for which I do have full
access
> > is only IRIX 4.0.5 - the 'new' system disk for which I don't have
any
> > passwords is IRIX 5.3.
> Suboptimal.
>
> > 1) System is trying to use some authentication other than
/etc/passwd
> > and /etc/shadow. What other authentication methods existed for IRIX
> > 5.3?
> NIS / YP? What is configured in /etc/nsswitch.conf?
> Are there any other network services configured? NFS / automount?
Entries at the top of /etc/password override NIS, and NIS doesn't
bother with /etc/shadow but does check /etc/passwd. /etc/nsswitch.conf
doesn't exist in IRIX 5.3, so that's not it either.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Mon Jun 28 2004 - 18:48:40 BST