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Date:      Mon, 21 Dec 1998 11:21:17 -0800 (PST)
From:      David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG, ritwik@dbrci.blr.daimlerbenz.com
Subject:   Re: NIS client enabling
Message-ID:  <199812211921.LAA14271@pau-amma.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <367CF5CF.4AA375B1@dbrci.blr.daimlerbenz.com>

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>Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 13:04:15 +0000
>From: Ritwik Bhattacharya <ritwik@dbrci.blr.daimlerbenz.com>

>Hi! I want to enable NIS on my bsd box. The NIS server is another bsd
>box. I have run ypserv on the server, and ypbind on my box. Things seem
>ok, because ypcat, ypmatch etc work. But I am unable to log in on my
>machine with any user id on the server. Could it be something to do with
>bsd's policy of not servicing requests on non-priviledged ports ? Can
>someone help ?

* Ensure that the server & clients all use DES for password encryption.

* Ensure that the NIS/yp "magic cookies" are inserted into the password
  & group (database and) files.

david
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