Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:48:32 -0500 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> To: Gerrit =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=FChn?= <gerrit@pmp.uni-hannover.de> Cc: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> Subject: Re: nis/yp question about password file Message-ID: <20040921214832.GB52693@madman.celabo.org> In-Reply-To: <20040921173853.22700630@arc.pmp.uni-hannover.de> References: <4150CA1E.4040304@ispro.net.tr> <20040921173853.22700630@arc.pmp.uni-hannover.de>
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On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 05:38:53PM +0200, Gerrit K=FChn wrote: > On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:41:02 -0700 Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.t= r> > wrote about nis/yp question about password file: >=20 >=20 > EY> can anybody tell what changed in nis/yp that it doesnt work as befo= re=20 > EY> anymore? >=20 > 5.x is featuring /etc/nsswitch.conf > Did you create one during your update process? Mine looks like this and > works fine with yp: >=20 > cat /etc/nsswitch.conf =20 > group: nis files > group_compat: nis > hosts: files nis dns > passwd: nis files > passwd_compat: nis Your "group_compat" and "passwd_compat" lines will never be used. The original poster will need to use an nsswitch.conf that either (a) has no "group" or "passwd" lines, or (b) has the following: group: compat group_compat: nis passwd: compat passwd_compat: nis Also see nsswitch.conf(5). Cheers, --=20 Jacques A Vidrine / NTT/Verio nectar@celabo.org / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org
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