Thanks to the ff. who responded within an hour after I posted my message:
Juergen Bock bock_at_dbf.ddb.de
Joe Spanicek joe_at_resptk.bhp.com.au
Here is my original message
I'm running DU 3.2D and am having problems with PC-Xware. When I try to
start an X session, this is the message that comes up:
Cannot obtain database information on this terminal. Digital's login screen
starts to come up, but no login dialog comes up.
And the replies:
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Hi there,
this is not a PCXware problem. I assume you have Enhanced Security
running. What you have to do is the following:
Edit /etc/auth/system/ttys. For each client PC add a line like
PCNAME\:0:t_devname=PCNAME\:0:t_xdisplay:t_login_timeout#0:chkent:
where PCNAME is the name or the IP-address of the client PC.
Edit /etc/auth/system/devassign. For each client PC add a line like
PCNAME\:0:v_devs=PCNAME\:0:v_type=xdisplay:chkent:
This should do it.
Hope that helps
Juergen
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You probably have enhanced security turned on. You will have to do the
following to connect to the machine - X-Terminals are mentioned below
but it also applies to PC-Xware.
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The display NCD gives about some database error is one cause of X-terminals
not been able to login when the Alpha station is using ENHANCED security. If
you use BASE security it should not be a problem.
If you switched to ENHANCED security the following additions to system files
should fix the proble.
In ENHANCED you will need to make a entry in:
/etc/auth/system/ttys
&
/etc/auth/system/devassign.
to get the system to accept X-Terminal connections.
The fix would be:
Say your X_Terminal is in '/etc/hosts' as "ncdxterm"
1) in '/etc/auth/system/ttys' add a line for the Display, similar to:
ncdxterm\:0:t_devname=\:t_xdisplay:t_login_timeout#0:chkent:
2) Try also a line in '/etc/auth/system/devassign' similar to:
ncdxterm\:0:v_devs=ncdxterm:0:v_type=xdisplay:chkent:
3) in '/etc/securettys' add a line for the display if you want to log in as
root
ie: just add ncdxterm:0 to the list
For Digital Unix 4.x systems also do the following:
In addition to making the changes in /etc/auth/ttys and
/etc/auth/devassign, you also need to run the following to add the
modifications into the system databases:
/usr/tcb/bin/convauth -d tv
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Hope this helps
Joe Spanicek
Received on Fri Aug 29 1997 - 07:56:07 NZST