Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 22:57:01 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Carey Nairn <C.Nairn@dpac.tas.gov.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: yp problems between 2.2.5 and 2.0.5 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980329225636.23543W-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980324095401.009eb980@mailroom.dpac.tas.gov.au>
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On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Carey Nairn wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have a problem with a new installation of 2.2.5 on a machine in relation > to yp. > > Having set up the new machine as a yp client on our network, I seem to get > some things to work but not others. If I do a ypwhich, the command returns > the name of a valid server and other functions such as ypcat seem to work > OK. The point at which I get problems is when trying to authenticate a > user from the yp database. This fails every time. > > The server is running 2.0.5 and the client is running 2.2.5 > Both machines are using (Non-US) DES for encryption. > > any thoughts? Did you remember to put the magic sequence +::::::::: into the password file with vipw? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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