From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Nov 21 06:57:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA27121 for bugs-outgoing; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 06:57:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from grackle.grondar.za (grackle.grondar.za [196.7.18.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA27044; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 06:56:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from grackle.grondar.za (localhost.grondar.za [127.0.0.1]) by grackle.grondar.za (8.8.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA08210; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 16:55:56 +0200 (SAT) Message-Id: <199611211455.QAA08210@grackle.grondar.za> To: "Lenny Tropiano" cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem getting NIS/yp to allow logins/su to users Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 16:55:54 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "Lenny Tropiano" wrote: > I've been banging my head against the wall on this one, and can't figure > out what the deal is. This is the first time I've had to use the NIS/yp > support. This is FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE. > > I can successfully bind, ypcat, ypwhich, ypmatch. But if I su or login > it always comes back with unknown login. I know yp is working, since I > can see users and groups just fine in the "ls -l" listing... Does your /etc/passwd have the _correct_ +::::::: entry at the end? See man 5 passwd for details. M -- Mark Murray PGP key fingerprint = 80 36 6E 40 83 D6 8A 36 This .sig is umop ap!sdn. BC 06 EA 0E 7A F2 CE CE