On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 at 17:48, Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> wrote:

Well, the obvious first question would be - does the default DECnet
account actually exist and is not expired?

If you want to experiment in a slightly simpler way, try sending to an
RSX system instead. They are usually set up with no requirement for any
authentication for mail.

On MIM::

.ncp sho obj 27

Object summary as of 29-NOV-23 18:48:13

Object Name Copies User Verification

27 MAI$$$ 5 Default Off

Johnny

On 2023-11-29 16:56, John Forecast wrote:
> I’m trying to get mail working from my latest Linux DECnet release to
> OopenVMS with the intention of eventually upgrading to the mail11v3
> protocol. I’m running an up to date version of VAX OpenVMS V7.3with all
> patches I’ve found on a recent download of OpenSimh on a reallyslow ARM
> system. The system has a default DECnet account as well as a MAIL$SERVER
> account. Whenever I try to send e-mail, the connection is rejected with
> a “No such user” error:
>
> Auditable event: Network login failure
> Event time: 29-NOV-2023 10:14:32.96
> PID: 00000098
> Process name: MAIL_8198
> Username: DECNET
> Remote node id: 42186 (41.202)
> Remote username: Linux0000
> Status: %LOGIN-F-NOSUCHUSER, no such user
>
> I also get the same rejection error if I try to connect to FAL with no
> access control information. However, if I connect to FAL using the
> explicit nonpriviledged userid/password returned by NCP, everything
> works as expected.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> John.
>
>
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