Hi Andrea,

 

Exactly the same thing happens to me as to you: when it is detected that the user comes from localhost, the change is allowed.

 

Kin

 

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De: Andrea <andrea.timpy@gmail.com>
Para: Kin <ea3cv@cronux.net>
CC: DXSpider <dxspider-support@dxcluster.org>
Fecha: miércoles, 21 de enero de 2026 17:56 CET
Asunto: Re: [Dxspider-support] set/password not working properly

Hi Kin, 

I think my setting are right.

This is what I have in startup script

 

set/var $main::localhost_alias_ipv4 '82.84.98.150'
set/var @main::localhost_names qw(192.168.1.131 localhost 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.130)

 

Could you try to see if you have the same issue on your node?

 

73

Andrea

 

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On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 7:51 AM Kin <ea3cv@cronux.net> wrote:

Andrea,

 

Could it be related to the variables?

$main::localhost_alias_ipv4
@main::localhost_names

I would try checking the values they contain, or you could test the
script I wrote, set/update_ip.pl.

Regarding the set/passphrase command, I seem to recall that it was
related to BBSs, but I’m not completely sure. Dirk should be able to
shed some light on it.

 

Kin EA3CV

 

 

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De: Andrea <andrea.timpy@gmail.com>
Para: Kin <ea3cv@cronux.net>
CC: DXSpider <dxspider-support@dxcluster.org>
Fecha: martes, 20 de enero de 2026 19:05 CET
Asunto: Re: [Dxspider-support] set/password not working properly

Hi Kin, 

I tried your suggestion but same result.

What I do to test is

ssh to my linux server

from there I telnet to localhost port 7373 (in my case)

I login into the cluster with the user I want to test

I run set/password

 

What I noticed is that if I telnet to the private ip (or public ip) the issue is not present. So it seems related to the telnet localhost.

 

Strange

 

BTW, what is the purpose of the set/passphrase command?

 

Andrea

 

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On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 5:42 PM Kin <ea3cv@cronux.net> wrote:

Andrea,

 

What’s happening is very strange.
The set/password command can be used with any privilege level (<9).
Have you tried using it like this:
set/password <cr/lf> ????

 

Careful! Not set/pass, that’s a different command.
There is also the set/passphrase command.

 

Kin EA3CV

 

 

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De: Andrea <dxspider-support@dxcluster.org>
Para: The <dxspider-support@dxcluster.org>
CC: Andrea <andrea.timpy@gmail.com>
Fecha: martes, 20 de enero de 2026 16:37 CET
Asunto: [Dxspider-support] set/password not working properly

Hi, 

all users that have a password configured by the sysop are not able to change it by their own with the command set/password

They get error "not allowed".

 

Any other experiencing this issue?

 

 

Thanks

 

andrea

iz2lsc

 

 

 

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