Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:43:04 +0200 From: WarrenHead <warrenhead@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: configuring nis Message-ID: <46520458.9000902@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46520271.8080004@gmail.com> References: <46520271.8080004@gmail.com>
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WarrenHead schreef: > Hi, > > I have been having some trouble with getting NIS working on my freebsd > server. Mainly because I have never before used this. > > I now have it working, but there is an odd inconsistency which I don't > know how to remove/update. > > I changed the gid of a user with: 'pw usermod -n sam -g 1000', but this > change is not reflected in the yp maps. I did recreate the maps again > with 'ypinit -m', but I guess that was not the trick I needed to update > the maps. > > So, now when I run 'ypcat passwd', I see something like this: > sam:*:1000:1001:Sam Genter:/home/sam:/usr/local/bin/bash > > while I also see this: 'id sam' > uid=1000(sam) gid=1000(sam) groups=1000(sam), 100(users) > > The difference is thus the gid. > > I can find information about updating/pushing the maps onto slave > servers, but not about getting changes into the maps on the sole nis > server I have. > > Cheers, Warren > > > Oh and just running 'make -C /var/yp' doesn't solve it either. This command is suggested here: http://www.linux-nis.org/nis-howto/HOWTO/maps.html Cheers, Warren
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