For the client it is best to setup it up with passwd: files nis group: files nis shadow: files nis
this should work fine on the client side, the server side looks good. --bash On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Tom Cook wrote: > Just wondering if anyone knows the answer to this (probably) stupid question: > > I have two boxes, one is set up as a NIS server (ypserv running) the other as > a > NIS client (ypbind finds the server OK). I have users home directories > mounted, > I believe with the correct permissions. Shadow passwords are not being used > on > the server. I can 'ypcat passwd.byname' fine. I have the following lines in > /etc/nsswitch.conf: > > passwd: compat > group: compat > shadow: compat > > passwd_compat: nis files > group_compat: nis files > shadow_compat: nis files > > ... > > networks: nis > > I can log in fine on the NIS server as a user that is in > /var/yp/domainname/passwd.byuser but not on the client. Is there some > essential > piece of information I'm missing on setting this up? > > Cheers > Tom > -- > Tom Cook > > "I do not believe, you know, that the art and practice of > sitting on the fence is sufficiently appreciated in our > society. To me, it is an occupational necessity." > - Prince Phillip > > Level 6 > 10 Pultney St. > Adelaide University, AUSTRALIA 5005 > Ph : +61 8 8303 6110 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This email message is intended only for the addressee(s) > and contains information which may be confidential and/or > copyright. If you are not the intended recipient please > do not read, save, forward, disclose, or copy the contents > of this email. If this email has been sent to you in error, > please notify the sender by reply email and delete this > email and any copies or links to this email completely and > immediately from your system. No representation is made > that this email is free of viruses. Virus scanning is > recommended and is the responsibility of the recipient. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
