Sun authentication issues

[nmbargo]

All,

I just inhereited a Sun Ultra to assume our Tru64's role as sendmail server. I got it reconfigured to assume the role/id of the other box and it seems to think it's the new box (new network, et al). However there's and issue with clients connecting via a term server/outlook. It appears the outlook client sees the server but keeps prompting for a password/account, in spite of the fact I've built them an account on the Sun to match their NT.
The interesting part comes from something I remember the other admin saying, as he ran for the door, that this Sun was configured for Kerberos authentication. I went into /etc/services and commented out anything related to Kerb. Is this the way to remove the Kerb. requirement?


Thanks.

 

[Annihilannic]

Is Outlook trying to retrieve mail from the server? If so, I assume it's using POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3), and I don't believe there is a POP3 server installed by default. You may need to find one and install it.

Annihilannic.

 

[nmbargo]

Annihilannic,


Thanks for the response, I should have added that I've reconfigured sendmail to also assume the id of the original mail server. Since I posted this I've spoken with the person that originally configured the Sun and found that he never ran Kerberos, so now I'm looking at some sort of Outlook/Sendmail issue. When I run top I notice Popper run, but never see sendmail running in top processes.

 

[Annihilannic]

ps -e | grep sendmail will tell you whether sendmail is running at all as a daemon.

sendmail should only be required for outgoing mail, and doesn't (usually) require a password for mail user agents (such as Outlook) to connect.

I would say the authentication issue more likely lies with popper and its configuration; unfortunately I know nothing about popper so can't help you further.

Annihilannic.

 

[nmbargo]

Thanks again Anni. As I find out more about this server, I tend to believe you on authentication in popper issues. It's a strange set-up if accepted here, but when you work for the feds as a subcontractor you tend to get in the habit of not asking too many questions.

 

[nmbargo]

A,

Yeah I saw krb.conf and krb.realms yesterday. All they have in them is the other admins domain name. I tried a couple of things, like commenting the domains out and completely renaming the files. Neither seems to have worked, I'm now trying to find an entry in a file that references krb.conf, maybe I can turn it off there.
The latest info from the manager is that the other admin is now going to deliver his kerb server.
Thanks for all the help.

 

[nmbargo]

A,

Yeah I saw krb.conf and krb.realms yesterday. All they have in them is the other admins domain name. I tried a couple of things, like commenting the domains out and completely renaming the files. Neither seems to have worked, I'm now trying to find an entry in a file that references krb.conf, maybe I can turn it off there.
The latest info from the manager is that the other admin is now going to deliver his kerb server.
Thanks for all the help.

 

[Annihilannic]

Hmm... looks like your last posting went in twice, overwriting mine? Odd.

Annihilannic.