Thanks goes out to the following people for providing the solution:
John Speno
Oyanarte Portilho
The following are what they said:
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With enhanced security, you must "register" all of your terminals, and X
displays.
You can use /tcb/bin/edauth -d t to edit each terminals entry.
For each host, you need to create an entry such as this example:
hostname.yourdomain.com\:0:\
:t_devname=hostname.yourdomain.com\:0:\
:t_login_timeout#0:t_xdislay:chkent:
Of course, you can use different params and values in your own configs.
You should read up on enhanced security in the manuals for details.
http://www.unix.digital.com/faqs/publications/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V40D_HT
ML/AQ0R2DTE/TITLE.HTM
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Hi,
You should edit devassign and ttys in /etc/auth/system in order to
include your boxes running the X server software, aside including
them in /etc/hosts or in the dns databasis. Then run
/usr/tcb/bin/convauth -dtv
and that should be all.
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I ended up editing my /etc/auth/system/ttys file and the ran convauth
afterwards. Replacing the
hostname.yourdomain.com
with a
*
on both lines seemed to work for me. However, I chose to use explicit
hostnames because we are not allowing everyone to get on our box. The choice
to use the * is, of course, yours. Thanks again!
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> From: Lee, Hank[SMTP:hank.lee_at_vta.org]
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 11:10 AM
> To: 'alpha-osf-managers_at_ornl.gov'
> Subject: X after C2 security
>
> Hello,
>
> I hope someone can give me a clue as to where to start looking. I've been
> using an X server software to connect to our alpha 8400, and it worked
> just
> fine. We're running 4.0D. Last week, we ran secsetup to change the system
> from BASE to ENHANCED security. We then rebooted the machine. For some
> reason, after the conversion, when I tried to login using the X server
> software, I'm getting an error.
>
> The error message says "Cannot obtain database information on this
> terminal". It then kicks me out after clicking on the OK button. I don't
> even get to enter a username and password.
>
> This problem goes away after changing the system back to BASE mode and
> rebooting.
>
> Can anyone shed some light? Thanks!
>
>
>
> --
> Hank Lee <hank.lee_at_vta.org>
> UNIX Systems Administrator
> Basis Administrator
> Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
>
>
Received on Fri Jan 22 1999 - 21:52:03 NZDT