Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 18:20:59 -0500 (CDT) From: James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net> To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> Subject: Re: Linux emulation: APC UPS software "Powerchute"? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909231819330.47884-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net> In-Reply-To: <37EA4B28.BE506FEC@partitur.se>
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We had better luck getting the SCO CUI stuff working under emulation. On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Palle Girgensohn wrote: > Has anyone gotten the Powerchute software running on FreeBSD under Linux > emulation? The software is for monitoring and controlling UPS devices > made by APC (www.apcc.com). > > I've gotten as far as the server and the x/motif client starting, but > the client cannot authorize against the server. The server authenticates > against a system account, 'pwrchute', and I think this is the core > problem. I've tried both DES and md5 passwords, and also tried putting > the account both in NIS and /etc/passwd. Since FreeBSD creates a > master.passwd whereas Linux uses /etc/shadow, I've also tried making a > symlink /etc/shadow -> /etc/master.passwd. Nope. They are pretty different in fields, IIRC. Getting an example Linux /etc/shadow should be a good start. - Jy@ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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