According to Helmut Geyer: > Miquel van Smoorenburg: > > It seems to work with this in /etc/nsswitch.conf: > > > > passwd: db files nis > > > > But it crashes when using: > > > > passwd: db files compat > > > > So using + entries in /etc/passwd for access control doesn't work. > > > Well, it works fine for me. BTW, compat includes the files and db method, > so sou really should have only compat as method for passwd, group and > shadow. > Please tell me more about your problem.
Okay. passwd: db files nis group: db files nis # ll -d ~miquels drwxr-x--x 29 miquels staff 2048 Jun 27 14:56 /home/staff/miquels/ passwd: db files compat group: db files compat # ll -d ~miquels zsh: abort /bin/ls -lF -d /home/staff/miquels passwd: compat group: compat # ll -d ~miquels zsh: abort /bin/ls -lF -d /home/staff/miquels This is with: # dpkg -l libc6 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============-==============-============================================ ii libc6 2.0.4-1 The GNU C library version 2 (run-time files) /etc/passwd contains: [...] nobody:*:65534:65534:nobody:/tmp:/bin/sh [EMAIL PROTECTED]::0:0::: +::0:0:::/etc/NoShell On a machine upgraded from Debian-1.3 to hamm just a few days ago. Mike. -- | Miquel van Smoorenburg | "I need more space" "Well, why not move to Texas" | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "No, on my account, stupid." "Stupid? Uh-oh.." | | PGP fingerprint: FE 66 52 4F CD 59 A5 36 7F 39 8B 20 F1 D6 74 02 | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
