From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 21 20:43:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from charon.shaghaus.org (209-6-187-126.c6-0.wth-ubr1.sbo-wth.ma.cable.rcn.com [209.6.187.126]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3629D15037 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 20:43:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bunicula@rcn.com) Received: from router (IDENT:bunicula@router [192.168.2.1]) by charon.shaghaus.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA16037 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 23:47:31 -0500 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 23:47:31 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Anderson X-Sender: bunicula@charon.diabolis.net To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: nis? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG nevermind... i forgot to add the +:::::::: to the passwd file. odd that i didn't have to do that on the linux or solaris machines. i don't know nis well, so it's no surprise that i don't follow the different os implementations well. does freebsd even use the nsswitch.conf file? brian On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Brian Anderson wrote: > > newbie freebsd question... > > i've got an nis domain set up here, to allow (in theory) the irix, > solaris, linux and free bsd machines to all work happily together. > > i've got ypbind running at boot ok... i can ypcat passwd and get the list, > but the nis users aren't showing up. (unknown login xxxxx) > > i created an /etc/nsswitch.conf, with > passwd: files nis > > which is the setup that works in solaris and linux... > > > > so what stupid thing am i missing? > > > > > > brian > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- -------'---,---'--- bunicula@rcn.com ---,---'---,------- AAAAIIIIIIIIEEEEE! Evil... Bright... Yellow... Thing...!! That must be the Daystar. I've heard talk about it. User Friendly, 12/8/1999 --'--,--'--,-- http://diabolis.net --'--,--'--,-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message