I'm experiencing a curious problem on a Tru64 5.0 system (one we got from
outside with the installation done by external guys ... all my own other
systems have DU 3.2).
(1) ls problem
If root does an ls -aFl it obtains what one expects i.e. a listing
with the username and group name, like
549936 2 -rw-r--r-- 1 pinco staff 751 Jul 13 1999 index.html.BAK
If the same command is given by a normal user, the uid appears
instead of the username
549936 2 -rw-r--r-- 1 15 staff 751 Jul 13 1999 index.html.BAK
(this occurs for what we call a normal user, i.e. one defined in our
NIS maps, and belonging to the "staff" grouo. I checked it occurs
also for a local user defined in the local passwd file on the 5.0
system, and it happens also if the user belongs to the same group as
root)
(2) pine problem
Root can run pine (4.21 compiled without problem with "build osf") with no
problem on the 5.0 system
Normal users can run PC-pine and access their imapd folders on the
5.0 system with no problem
Normal users cannot run pine locally. They obtain a message
"who are you ? unable to look up login name"
If I look in pine-debug I see that pine reads correctly .pinerc and
.pine-conf, thane the last two lines are :
Userid:
Fullname: ""
I believe the two problems are related. It's like a normal user cannot get his
own username but gets the uid instead.
Additional information : the system came without NIS and with enhanced
security set. We run nissetup to make it a client of our NIS master and then
secsetup to bring security to base level (otherwise it won't recognise NIS
usernames).
Any clue ?
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Received on Wed Apr 12 2000 - 11:28:33 NZST