Re: [Refdb-users] Access denied - running out of ideas...

[Markus H. <hoe...@co...>]

Hi Denis,

this does not sound too promising. I'm afraid you'll have to lend me a
hand to debug this. I have not seen this kind of error since about two
versions back, so I just can't debug it here.

I've got a few questions, and a suggestion. First you might try
the following:

Please edit the file src/refdbd.c. Look for an outcommented line saying:

printf("encrypted:%s<< plain:%s<<\n", passwd, descrambled_passwd);

This is line 942 in my sources, but it might be shifted a little
compared to your version.

Please uncomment this line and rebuild refdbd.

Now run this new server in the foreground again, like refdbd -s, and
run a command with refdba. This should tell you whether your password
is indeed correctly encrypted and decrypted (the string after plain:
should be exactly what you entered in refdba). If this test is ok,
we'd have to look at MySQL for the problem. If this test fails, I'll
stand caught with my pants down and I'll have to fix the code.

Some other questions:

- Is there any difference in your MySQL setup between your home and
  office box? Are the versions the same? Do you use password-protected
  access at home as well?

- Do you have any problems connecting with mysql (the MySQL
  command-line client) on your office box?

regards,
Markus

Denis Crowdy writes:
 >  
 > Now a bizarre thing happened prior to this - I did manage to
 > successfully carry out a listdb, but subsequent attempts (while still
 > logged in), failed.  I haven't been able to repeat this so far.  It's
 > late and upside down on this side of the planet - I'll try again in the
 > morning...

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