This is not a limitation. When you put NODENAME in a UNIX dsm.opt file (or if
you specify it on the command line, i.e. "dsmc -nodename=whatever"), you are
indicating that you are a "virtual root user". You should be prompted for the
password. If you know the password, then you will have access to all of that
node's versions. This is documented in "Using the UNIX Backup-Archive Clients"
in the reference section describing the NODENAME option.
If NODENAME is set in dsm.sys, you won't get a password prompt and you won't be
a virtual root user. This is a way of over-riding the default nodename, which
is the machine name. If NODENAME is in dsm.opt, then you should be getting a
password prompt.
Andy Raibeck
ADSM Level 2 Support
ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
10-22-97 02:38 PM
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Subject: Re: PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE - problem
> > Do you have the NODENAME option set? If you "override" the nodename
> > then passwordaccess generate is ignored.
>
> Bingo ! Thanks, Keith .
>
> Yes I do have the nodename option set, thus overriding the
> default hostname (which for various reasons is the host's FQDN).
>
> Now - is this a known limitation (if so why ?) or is it plain bug ..?
Either this is wrong or my system is broken... I have Nodename set for
EVERY machine on the network, and Generate works fine for all AIX clients.
I have gotten the described password problem, though when my root filesystem
has filled up, and there is nowhere to write the next encrypted password...
Next time you get the problem, do a df and take a look at your root FS.
Mark
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