Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 15:22:03 -0500 (CDT) From: Guy Helmer <ghelmer@cs.iastate.edu> To: Richard Jones <rjones@imcl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS from a Linux server Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.970617150828.24857A-100000@popeye.cs.iastate.edu> In-Reply-To: <33A6C5DC.9963983@imcl.com>
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On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Richard Jones wrote: > Guy Helmer wrote: > > > > On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Richard Jones wrote: > > > > > annexia Linux 2.0.25 (RedHat 4.0) > > > virgil FreeBSD 2.2.1-release > > > > > > Oh dear! More problems with accessing a Linux server from > > > FreeBSD. > > > > > > I managed to configure the FreeBSD box as a NIS client by > > > editing /etc/sysconfig. I also added '+' to the end of > > > /etc/passwd, /etc/master.passwd and /etc/group. After rebooting, > > > I can see the NIS password maps using "ypcat passwd", ie: > > > > OK, but did you add the + line to the end of /etc/master.passwd via > > vipw(8)? If not, the line probably hasn't been added to the /etc/pwd.db > > and /etc/spwd.db databases, which is what the login and other commands use > > to lookup password entries. > > No. Because when I used "vipw" to edit the password > file, it would give the error: > > vipw: rebuilding the database ... > pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry > pwd_mkdb: at line #13 > > Line 13, needless to say, is the "+". I also tried adding > a line > > +::::::::: > > (9 ':'s) but that gave the same error. That's odd. On my 2.2-STABLE machine (post 2.2.2), adding that line (+:::::::::) to the password files via vipw worked fine (no error). No significant change has been made to usr.sbin/pwd_mkdb/pw_scan.c since the release of FreeBSD 2.0.5... Just trying to help, Guy Guy Helmer, Computer Science Grad Student, Iowa State - ghelmer@cs.iastate.edu http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~ghelmer
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