"Basil Holloway" <farl7FAKE@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Uli Link" <VonRechts.NachLinks@usenet.arcornews.de> wrote in message
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>> Basil Holloway schrieb:
>>
>>>
>>> # /etc/netsvc.conf
>>> hosts = local . bind
>>
>> Hi Basil,
>>
>> hosts = local, bind in /etc/netsvc.conf is one step.
>>
>> the hostname from "uname -n" must be resolvable to the ipaddress through
>> /etc/hosts
>>
>> Check /etc/hosts that you have only a single(!) line with your hostname
>> and the ipaddress. When changing things through smitty there are often
>> more than one line, and /etc/hosts is checked from top down and smitty
>> appends to the end.
>>
>> That's the trick.
>>
>> --
>> Uli
>
> Uli thanks for reply
>
> # /etc/netsvc.conf has only one line
>
> hosts = local , bind
>
> # uname -n returns banora
>
>
> # /etc/hosts has only 4 lines
> 127.0.0.1 loopback localhost # loopback (100) name/address
> 192.168.0.144 banora # 7044-170 2nd Unit
> 192.168.0.109 001083A109EB # HP4500DUP
> 192.168.0.142 martinel # 7044-170 1st Unit
>
> I could always, and still log on as root and the computer goes straight to
> the CDE desktop ie no TOOLTALK error.
> I never used a password on this AIX 5.2 computer but since I installed
> SAMBA/SERVER, for SWAT to work correctly with Seamonkey I had to give
> root a password and used configassist to do that. Boot up to CDE under
> root never faultered ie no TOOLTALK error.
>
> The new user I created is called y with a password of cathy.
> User y p/w cathy are on the W98SE computer I am trying to set up as a
> Samba client.
>
> I presume if /etc/hosts and /etc/netsvc.conf works okay for root it
> should be okay for y .
>
> Could you think what else could be wrong that is stopping y getting to
> CDE on log in ?
>
> Assistance appreciated
>
> Basil
>
>
My old 1987 unix tutorial book said users names must be no shorter than 4
characters and no longer than 8.
So I deleted user y , rebooted, created a user ditty and ditty on logon
goes straight to the CDE desktop, no TOOLTALK error.

When a user is set up in smit, help says it must be between one and eight
charscters.

Suppose this is on case where smit was not my friend.