Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 20:03:01 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Jeremy Utley <lfsjeremy@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NIS problems on FreeBSD 5.4 Message-ID: <20050809010301.GA37912@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <3aaec88405080816514a40f327@mail.gmail.com> References: <3aaec88405080816514a40f327@mail.gmail.com>
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In the last episode (Aug 08), Jeremy Utley said: > I'm trying to use FreeBSD 5.4 as an NIS client, and am encountering > problems. I've followed the instructions given in the FreeBSD docs > (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-nis.html) > successfully, but the system does not recognize my NIS users. > > Running ypcat passwd shows expected output: > > freebsd5# ypcat passwd > Administrator:omitted:0:0::/root:/bin/bash > jeremy:omitted:500:100::/home/jeremy:/bin/bash > test:omitted:501:100::/home/test:/bin/bash You might want to change these passwords now that everyone knows the hash :) > However, when I try to login as any of these 3 users, it rejects the > login - even using the "id" command fails: > > freebsd5# id jeremy > id: jeremy: no such user You need either a plus line in your master.passwd file (best way to add it is to use the vipw command): +::::::::: Or you need this in /etc/nsswitch.conf: passwd: files nis -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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