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To: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.interworks.org>
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Subject: Re: How to setup NIS? 
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 16:01:21 -0400
From: Tom Bennett <bennett@centerline.com>
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>> > I am having some trouble setting up NIS on a FreeBSD 2.1.0 system.
>> > I cannot find any documentation on how to setup up NIS.  I looked in
>> > the FAQ and the handbook. 
>> > 
>> > This is what I have done:
>> >
>> > 1. I set nis_clientflags to the following in my /etc/sysconfig file:
>> > 
>> >    nis_clientflags="-s"
>> >
>> > 2. Using vipw, I added the following to the bottom of the master.passwd file:
>> >
>> >    +:::::::::
>> >
>> > 3. I rebooted the machine and verified that the ypbind process
>> >    was running.
>> >
>> > Everything seems to work, except nobody can log into the machine.  It
>> > doesn't recognize their account in the NIS database.  Using ypcat, I
>> > can display the NIS password file (ypcat passwd) and all of the other
>> > maps.  I can even switch to someone's account using su, if I'm logged
>> > in as root.  Also, finger recognizes everyone in our NIS database.  It
>> > just doesn't work when someone tries to login.  The login process
>> > doesn't seem to consult the NIS password file.
>> >
>> > Is there something else I need to do to get this to work?  Any help would
>> > be greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> Have you installed the DES libraries?
>> 
>> Dan Eischen
>> deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org

No, I haven't installed these libraries.  Where can I get the
DES libraries?  Are they on the CDROM?

Thanks.

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Tom Bennett
bennett@centerline.com