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From: laufen@sol.med.ge.com (Derek Laufenberg  x7-4534)
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To: questions@freebsd.org, mathezer@newera.ab.ca
Subject: Re: Crypt and NIS
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> 
> First of all, I am not in the US.
> 
> I've got a FreeBSD-2.0.5 machine which I want to make an NIS client.
> I am bound up etc no problem and can ypcat passwd successfully, but I can 
> not log in as any of the NIS users.
> 
What OS are you running the server on?  What crypt libraries are
you using? 

How about sending the output from the following command:

ls -l /usr/lib/*cry*

Do this for both the client and server (if server is FreeBSD box).

Also, have you instructed the client to use NIS?  Use vipw to
add a line into the master.passwd file.  The line to add is
+:::::::::


Good Luck,

Derek Laufenberg
laufen@sol.med.ge.com