<quote who="Tom Cook"> > 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.
while i have not run debian as a NIS server, i am running 1 system as a NIS client against a solaris 7 NIS server. my config: /etc/nsswitch.conf passwd: compat group: compat shadow: compat (i don't have any of the other stuff you have) /etc/passwd (after all the other entries) +::0:0:::/dev/null /etc/group (after all the other entries) +::: /etc/yp.conf(optional, reccomended if you have a backup server tho) ypserver nis-server1.mydomain.com ypserver nis-server2.mydomain.com /etc/defaultdomain nis-domain (where nis-domain is your NIS domain name) /etc/hosts (put entries for your NIS server here) hth (this config is from a debian 2.2 box) nate
