Re: [CentOS] Strategy for using CentOS on laptops in an NIS environment

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 08:45:05PM -0400, Alfred von Campe wrote: > We use NIS (ypbind) and Kerberos at work for all our Linux and Unix > systems. Home directories are mounted via autofs from an NIS map. > Everything works just fine as long as all network resources are > available (however,

Re: [CentOS] Strategy for using CentOS on laptops in an NIS environment

Alfred von Campe wrote: > Creating local accounts with the same UIDs and local home directories > solves most of the problems. However, I can't create a local account > with useradd while ypbind is running because it complains that that > account already exists. Is there a better way to create a

[CentOS] Strategy for using CentOS on laptops in an NIS environment

We use NIS (ypbind) and Kerberos at work for all our Linux and Unix systems. Home directories are mounted via autofs from an NIS map. Everything works just fine as long as all network resources are available (however, things turn ugly when the NIS servers are not reachable). Some users a