Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:49:27 -0500 From: Mike Galvez <mrg8n@virginia.edu> To: "W. J. Williams" <will@willardjwilliams.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS not working Message-ID: <20030312164927.GC25308@mail.virginia.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030312104253.48785.qmail@web13509.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030312001934.W5026@localhost.bsd-unix.org> <20030312104253.48785.qmail@web13509.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 02:42:53AM -0800, W. J. Williams wrote: > hi hope someone knows the answer to this riddle...I am trying to get NIS > up and running. > > 1. one master, no slave...domain name is lab-nis-domain > 2. Master rc.conf file contains enabling commands to start nis server as > well as nis_yppasswdd. The build of the /var/yp/lab-nis-domain indicated > "built with no errors" > > 3. client machine rc.confs contain domain name, nis_client_enable, > rpcbind_enable. > > 4. when I run ypcat passwd from any client machine I get a list of avail > passwords from the master domain... all looked good... > > 5. created a new user on master, ran make lab-nis-domain and it said > "domain already current"...so I copied the updated master.passwd file to > /var/yp and ran make again...still same message. How & where did you create the new user on the master? The user should not exist in the client machine master.passwd. Try adding a test user with: pw useradd -Y -y /var/yp/master.passwd testuser Try logging into the master with the new user. Success? Try the client. HTH -Mike > > 6. as last resort I ran ypinit -m again to rebuild the entire > domain..then ran ypcat passwd from client machine and was able to see the > new account. > > 7. MY PROBLEM: I can't log into the client machine using the new > account...I have added the +::::::::: string to master.passwd and +:*:: > string to group file...but still no work. > > any ideas? > > Will > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Michael Galvez http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mrg8n University of Virginia Messenger Mail: Carruthers Hall Teamwork is essential -- it allows you to blame someone else. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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