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[Ron Clarke <ariadne AT earthlink.com.au>]

Hi Steven,

On Wed, 26 May 2004 21:35:48 +1200
3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Ron Clarke wrote:
> >
> > I have tried many times, over the last 48 hours, to get 
> > mcserv to connect clark and lois.   And failed at the login.   
> 
> What is the precise error message you are getting?

   Incorrect password (or Password incorrect).
 
> What are you typing in to activate the connection?  
> root@lois ??

   That too.  Also root@clark, ron@clark/lois, also user@clark/lois, also 
root/ron/user AT 192.168.1.1/2
and any other combination from either machine, with "mcserv -d" running on 
either/both machines.
 
> > All passwords have been found incorrect, 
> 
> Do the passwords work for an ordinary login (done at the keyboard
> of the system running mcserv)?

    Yes, no problem there.
 
> > OTOH, pure-ftpd used the user logins that I have already set 
> > up on both computers, without anything else needing fixing.
> 
> AFAIK, mcserv uses the same user/passwords.  For example, on the
> BL1 system I was using for the test, there was no password for
> the root user (you just press ENTER to login).  I connected with
> mcserv by entering:  root AT 192.168.1.1 
> and when it asked for the password, I pressed ENTER.
> Worked fine for me (running mc from BL3).
 
   I don't have a BL1 system connected by NIC, but I will make the attempt
from BL3 and see.

Regards,
         Ron


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