rootd problems solved

stefan kluth (skluth@mh1.lbl.gov)
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 18:41:40 -0700 (PDT)


Hi,

referring to my earlier message about having problems with rootd not
authenticating my password, I (with a little help of my friends) found the
solution.

My Linux box uses shadow passwords and this has two consequences:

o) rootd MUST be compiled with -DSHADOWPW. This is documented in the
makefiles.

o) rootd MUST be run with root priveleges. Unfortunately, this is not
documented anywhere I looked. I now run rootd through inetd and
everything goes smoothly. Pretty impressive stuff actually!

BTW, in the process of checking I did compile rootd on a DEC unix 4 system
with cxx 6. I have a makefile for this system, perhaps this could be added
to the rootd distribution.

cheers, Stefan

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