PROBLEM ONE - pcnfs problem with HP-UX 10.20

pcnfs does not work correctly with 10.20 - the fault is cleared by setting up the /etc/shells file with the /bin/sh /bin/csh etc entries.

PROBLEM TEXT

I cannot mount drives from PCNFS via any user. Root is gaining access, but none of the users is being authenticated. How can this be fixed?

DETAIL TEXT

Operating System - HP-UX
Version - 10.20
Hardware System - H60

RESOLUTION TEXT

1. You need to make the correction in your pcnfsd.conf file to include a range of uid's (user ids).

2. Also include a /etc/shells file which includes /bin/csh and /bin/ksh shells.

   For authentification, the system will check a /etc/shells file for valid shells. If you do not have /etc/shells file on the system, then it will do a getusershell call (you can do a man page on getusershell). The default list that getusershell returns at 10.x is /usr/bin/csh, /usr/bin/ksh (notice it is /usr/bin instead of /bin).

   The entry in the passwd file does not match the return list from getusershell so the authentification is denied. Therefore, the solution is to modify /etc/passwd file so that it is using 10.x path, or set up /etc/shells file to verify 9.x path (/bin/csh).

3. Kill PCNFSD
4. Restart PCNFSD

It should now be authenticated. For information about user authentication, refer to the PCNFS User's Guide that comes with your version of PCNFS.

Problem Two