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From: "dave" <dmehler@siscom.net>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD NIS serving linux clients.
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 21:59:44 -0400
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Hi,
    id user and finger user both work from all boxes. On the rh box i've got
nis set up in nsswitch.conf and on the fbsd box's master.passwd file i have
+:::::::::
and group
+:*:0:
Dave.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Nelson" <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To: "dave" <dmehler@siscom.net>
Cc: "Terry Lambert" <tlambert2@mindspring.com>;
<freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: FreeBSD NIS serving linux clients.


> In the last episode (Apr 13), dave said:
> > Hi,
> >     As far as i know fbsd is exporting md5 passwords. The rh box is
> > set up to do md5, as well.
>
> Does "id nisuser" or "finger nisuser" work?
>
> Do you have "passwd: files nis" /etc/nsswitch.conf, or "passwd: compat"
> plus a "+::0:0:::" record in /etc/passwd?
>
> Blank out a user's password and see if he can log in, to verify that
> DES vs MD5 is really the problem.
>
> Try running "ypmatch nisuser passwd" and paste the output into the
> Linux passwd file and see if nisuser can log in.
>
> Also make sure you're running ypbind-1.8 or higher on the Linux box.
> Earlier versons have a very hard time staying bound to a server.
>
> --
> Dan Nelson
> dnelson@allantgroup.com
>


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