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Date:      Thu, 23 Sep 1999 18:41:59 +0200
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>
To:        Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Linux emulation: APC UPS software "Powerchute"?
Message-ID:  <37EA5857.3E6EC069@scc.nl>
References:  <37EA4B28.BE506FEC@partitur.se>

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Palle Girgensohn wrote:

> 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.
> 
> Any ideas?

A ktrace may be helpful. If it is related to authentication then writing
a small test program can help in debugging this.

BTW: This is probably better placed on emulation...

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