"Neeraj Arora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi Geeks, Girls and Guys, > > ...:^) > > I am having a little problem setting up a debian client to derive login data from a > freebsd nis server. There is no problem when the freebsd nis server interacts with > freebsd clients, but there is a problem when it interacts with a debian gnu/linux > client. > > The authentication works when I force a password in the /etc/passwd file on the > debian gnu/linux system. E.g.: > +login_whatever:$1$blahblahblah:::::/bin/bash > +::::::/bin/bash > > But, it does not work when the password has to be sourced from the nis server (viz. > a freebsd machine). I confirmed that both are communicating/operating on nis v2. And > moreover, the password on the freebsd server are stored in md5 too. > > So, I dont seem to understand what the problem may be. > > Any help will be great...:) > > Regards, > Neeraj > > N.B.: I am a freebsd devotee and thus posting this to the freebsd-questions mailing > list. I might try debian mailing lists too, but first here...:) > > Can your client see the passwords with a "ypcat -k passwd"? If it does, I would triple-check the password encoding (section 19.8.11 of the handbook). Remember that you need to *change* the password after making a change to encode it in the right method. Next - what does /etc/nsswitch.conf on the client look like? -- Dan Pelleg To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
