From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 12 18:52:00 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B15E316A4B3 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:52:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E347343FA3 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:51:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) id h9D1psFR013974; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:51:54 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:51:54 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: lists-freebsd-questions@biaix.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031013015154.GA31259@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20031013013704.GA1210@grummit.biaix.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031013013704.GA1210@grummit.biaix.org> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: Re: NIS authentication problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 01:52:00 -0000 In the last episode (Oct 13), Joan Picanyol said: > I'm trying to set up NIS with the simplest setup: one server and one > client. I've followed the procedure in the handbook, altering > {login,auth}.conf as suggested (BTW: how do I know what format are my > passwords stored in?). ypcat passwd shows me the user list, but I > can't log in (Login incorrect). Make sure you have a plus line in your passwd and group files. /etc/group: +::: /etc/master.passwd: +::::::::: Does "id somenisuser" work? -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com