Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 16:34:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Jane Frodo <jfrodo42@hotmail.com> Cc: dhw@whistle.com, FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG, jegelhof@cloud9.net Subject: Re: NIS Troubles: Starting over... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809211632270.11562-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980920221410.709.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Jane Frodo wrote:
> Hi all.
> I have completely started over, having found several things
> in my "search for NIS" :=0
>
> Here's what I've done, and where I am...
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> On the SERVER:
>
> /etc/hosts content:
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.test.com localhost
>
> /etc/host.conf content: (yes, I want it to use DNS and not host)
> bind
> nis <--- this isn't needed; use DNS
> /etc/group content:
> <standard group files>
> +:*::
>
> /etc/passwd
> <about 1300 entries>
> +:*::::::::
You MUST add the magic cookie
+:::::::::
(plus and nine colons)
to the password database using 'vipw'. Modifying passwd directly will NOT
work!!
> /etc/rc.conf changes:
> hostname="nismst.test.com"
> nisdomainname="test.com"
> nis_client_enable="YES"
> nis_client_flags="-s"
> nis_ypset_enable="NO"
> nis_ypset_flags=""
> nis_server_enable="YES"
> nis_server_flags=""
> nis_yppasswdd_enable="YES"
> nis_yppasswdd_flags="-v -a -t /etc/master.passwd"
>
> /var/yp/Makefile modified to use /etc/master.passwd:
> at line 108, replace
> MASTER = $(YPDIR)/master.passwd
> with
> MASTER = $YPSRCDIR)/master.passwd
^ typo? Should be a ( there
> SERVER: Everything appears normal. All logins work,
> ypcat works for all map files tried, ypmatch works, passwd
> changes local as well as NIS maps.
>
> CLIENT: No NIS logins work. passwd works correctly: it
> both recognizes a bad password (when prompting for "old"
> passwd) and successfully changes the NIS passwd. Having
> changed it via the client, I can use the new password to login
> on the server.
> ypcat/ypmatch appear to be working fine.
Huh? I don't understand what behavior you're describing.
Doug White
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