Problems with local login only...
 

After setting up a personal server I can log into it using EqEmu's login IP. The server works wonderfully. I can actually play off the same computer that the server is working from.

Naturally, I would like to log on locally though, without having to go through the server for viewing small changes. After making the necessary IP address changes in eqhost.txt, LoginServer.ini, and the boot5zones.bat, I get the 1017 error when trying to loginto my server locally.

What puzzles me is that I get no errors in the MiniLogin server or any of the zone servers. All I get is an error from the World server screen saying: wrong name/pass.

Sorry if this problem is a repeat offender, but I haven't noticed any posts pertaining to 1017 that fits this criteria. Only one post I found told me to create a new account using mysql and trying logging on with it. That hasn't fixed the problem. The same account works perfectly when using the main EqEmu server as a login in lue of MiniLogin.

There's a link in my signature. Basically you must wait until there is a new eqemu. Merth has it in alpha. It could be a month or so.

Actually....
 

I can log into any of ther servers on Eqemu and play them without a problem, including my own. This doesn't have anything to do with the 'uspeakable fix'. I'm pass that problem.

This has to do with the fact that I get 1017 errors when using the minilogin prog when trying to connect locally. I am sure there is something I haven't setup right, possibly an IP address in a file somewhere that I've overlooked. I've edited the loginserver.ini, boot5zone.bat, eqhost.txt. and have created a miniloginaccounts.ini.

The miniloginaccounts.ini looks like this:

# Max 200 lines total (including comments and blank lines)
# Blank lines may mess up the line # reported in error messages
#
localhost username password

What file have have I overlooked? I've edited the above files using localhost as well as the standard local IP address of 127.0.0.1.

Problem fixed...
 

Even if the fixes provided in this forum seem redundant and void of logic - try them! I couldn't believe that running one command line prompt fixed my local login 'error 1017' via minilogin. I will explain.

This was suggested as such by OverlordvI:

1) Go to the command prompt (Start -> Run -> CMD in 2K, or go to Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt).

2) Go to your EqEmu directory (mine is on c:\EQEmu)

3) Type this exactly:

world adduser eqemu eqemu 200


This worked! I am not sure why I couldn't just edit my current account with the FQAdmin tool and give myself the SysOp permission '200'. But it didn't work in my case until I created the new account using this command line.

This doesn't mean you have to use eqemu eqemu as per the suggestion. You can use this same command line and replace the username and password with anything. Somehow, there is a difference in how the record his stored in the database via the command line as oppose to other methods.

WARNING FOR NEWBIES! This will not correct the 1017 error that most are getting. This fix only pertains to local login via the minilogin prog (logging into a local world that you have created on your system). If you are getting 1017 errors when logging onto other servers via the EqEmu login server, this fix does not have anything to do with you. In which case you would still get the 1017 error when logging into any server, including your own.