Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 22:02:49 -0400 (EDT) From: James Egelhof <jegelhof@cloud9.net> To: Jane Frodo <jfrodo42@hotmail.com> Cc: dhw@whistle.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809182159160.2815-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <19980918234952.2581.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Jane Frodo wrote: > This is what *really* freaks me: I can check the binding on ypwhich, > and I can see the NIS maps using all the standard tools, but the clients > can't seem to use them for logging in or changing passwords... First, you should upgrade your machines from 2.2.5 to 2.2.7. We had a lot of problems with yp on 2.2.5 that all went away with 2.2.6 (and 2.2.7). 1) Do a ypcat master.passwd as root and see if you see the passwords. Try doing a finger -m username and make sure you see appropriate information. This way we will at least know you really are getting the maps correctly. 2) If you installed the special DES package on the NIS master, you must also install that package on the NIS clients. Otherwise the machines will not be able to check entered passwords against the password file. The comparisons fail without any kind of warning or notice, which some people might consider a bug. -james --- James Egelhof jegelhof@cloud9.net Cloud 9 Consulting, Inc. +1 (914) 696-4000 White Plains, New York http://www.cloud9.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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