Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 11:38:01 -0700 From: Jeremy Utley <lfsjeremy@gmail.com> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NIS problems on FreeBSD 5.4 Message-ID: <3aaec884050809113868af985@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050809010301.GA37912@dan.emsphone.com> References: <3aaec88405080816514a40f327@mail.gmail.com> <20050809010301.GA37912@dan.emsphone.com>
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On 8/8/05, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrote: > In the last episode (Aug 08), Jeremy Utley said: > > I'm trying to use FreeBSD 5.4 as an NIS client, and am encountering > > problems. I've followed the instructions given in the FreeBSD docs > > (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-nis.= html) > > successfully, but the system does not recognize my NIS users. > > > > Running ypcat passwd shows expected output: > > > > freebsd5# ypcat passwd > > Administrator:omitted:0:0::/root:/bin/bash > > jeremy:omitted:500:100::/home/jeremy:/bin/bash > > test:omitted:501:100::/home/test:/bin/bash >=20 > You might want to change these passwords now that everyone knows the > hash :) No worries - this is a reserved network with no direct connectivity to the net at large, otherwise I would have done so. I suppose I should also mention that the NIS master server is a W2K3 AD controller with Services for Unix, but that doesn't seem to be involved, since a linux system on the same NIS domain appears to work properly. >=20 > > However, when I try to login as any of these 3 users, it rejects the > > login - even using the "id" command fails: > > > > freebsd5# id jeremy > > id: jeremy: no such user >=20 > You need either a plus line in your master.passwd file (best way to add > it is to use the vipw command): >=20 > +::::::::: This part has already been done - it was part of the docs I followed from the FreeBSD site. >=20 > Or you need this in /etc/nsswitch.conf: >=20 > passwd: files nis Haven't done this...the passwd section of my current nsswitch.conf is: passwd: compat passwd_compat: nis Adding this to nsswitch.conf seems to have resolved the problem - perhaps doing so should be added to the docs. Jeremy
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