Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:02:42 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@bfoz.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NSSWITCH errors in /var/log/cron Message-ID: <65B37212-DFC7-43A5-A75B-CBB3CFF9428D@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <43EE81D8.8080804@bfoz.net> References: <43EE81D8.8080804@bfoz.net>
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On 12 Feb 2006, at 00:31, Brandon Fosdick wrote:
> I have several machines running 6-STABLE that are showing the error
> listed below in /var/log/cron every few minutes. Google didn't turn
> up much of relevance, other than the fact that this might be
> related to disabling NIS. And, in fast, I have NO_NIS=true in /etc/
> make.conf on every single box.
> Is this a bug or a feature? Is it harmful?
>
> The error messages are...
>
> Feb 11 16:25:00 poseidon /usr/sbin/cron[95789]: (root) CMD (/usr/
> libexec/atrun)
> Feb 11 16:25:00 poseidon cron[95789]: NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup):
> nis, group_compat, setgrent, not found
> Feb 11 16:25:00 poseidon cron[95789]: NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup):
> nis, group_compat, endgrent, not found
> Feb 11 16:25:00 poseidon cron[95789]: NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup):
> nis, passwd_compat, endpwent, not found
What does your nsswitch.conf look like, and does removing the NIS
entries fix it?
Ceri
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