Re: Progress with netatalk on Seagate DockStar

[Geoff Body <gbody4@bigpond.com>]

> Another reason I'm building the randnum UAM is that although Marsha's
> CDEV supports cleartext authentication, the IIgs netboot login still
> rejects my cleartext credentials.  If netatalk could offer randnum
> authentication, then the IIgs netboot login should be able to use
> that.  Anybody know how to patch the IIgs netboot login in the same
> way Marsha did for the CDEV so that cleartext auth works?
>


The issue is due to cleartxt password being reversed during a buffer
copy while building the Appletalk packet for logon request.
I have a patch to fix this issue for both of the boot blocks.

When I get home tonight I will pass these on.

Geoff