At 09:26 AM 19/05/97 +0100, Philip Hands wrote: >> 2. I installed shadowing as it suggested - started installing packages >> merrily. I also installed and configured NIS - however, I cannot log in >> any in my personal account - though I can finger anyone without trouble. I >> deinstalled shadow by doing a shadowconfig off and that still didn't fix >> the problem. I'm not sure what to put this down to, any suggestions? (I >> can log in as root via ssh fine). > >Can you use any yp commands ? For instance does this work: > > ypcat passwd
I can use them, but I get the standard stuff (it's a NIS slave server) locally and no user details. /usr/lib/yp/ypinit -s "servername" gives a whole lot of errors as well. -- Karl Ferguson, Tower Networking Pty Ltd Tel: +61-8-9456-0000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] t/a STAR Online Services Fax: +61-8-9455-2776 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .