Re: checkpassword vs Solaris 10

Thus said James Craig on Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:48:15 EDT:

> What I  have discovered  is that  checkpassword does  not authenticate
> users who  are not local  to the machine, which  used to work  fine in
> Solaris 9.

If you are talking about the  standard checkpassword, I don't believe it
authenticates  anything  but  local  users. If  you  had  authentication
of  non-local users,  then  you  must have  been  using a  checkpassword
compatible  program. Are  you sure  the checkpassword  program that  you
installed on your new  Solaris 10 system is the same  version as the one
from your Solaris 9 system?

> Is there  a subtle difference  between Solaris  9 and Solaris  10 that
> Ididn't realize?

More likely  there is a  difference between your  checkpassword programs
(unless somehow the libraries on Solaris 9 made local/non-local seemless
to password programs).

Andy