Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 21:06:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Toby Swanson <toby@rigel.milkyway.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS not working quite right Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904202054510.270-100000@rigel.milkyway.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904201320280.1514-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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What I goofed was the NIS record in /etc/passwd. For future reference users should check the passwd entry in section 5 of the man pages to solve this particular problem. Thanks, Toby On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Doug White wrote: > On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Toby Swanson wrote: > > > I am running 2.2.8 on both client and server. ypwhich shows client is > > bound to server. ypcat passwd shows client has server passwd table. When > > I log in on the client as toby using my password (different from root's > > password) I get logged in as root. I have a print server that is running > > 2.1.7 and NIS works fine on it. I've looked through the handbook, FAQ, > > and mailing list archives; no joy. Any thoughts anyone? > > Do > > id toby > > and > > id > > once logged in and send the output. > > You probably goofed the magic cookie. > > Doug White > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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