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From: abrodnik@daisy.uwaterloo.ca (Andrej Brodnik (Andy))
Subject: NIS under FreeBSD
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Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 21:08:28 GMT
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Ok, this is my third attempt to post -- hopefully somebody will answer
it.-/
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This is making me crazy. What am I doing wrong?
Facts:
On the server:
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o user "noone" was created and password set; now the user can login
on the server; User noone was put in the group "nogroup".
o file "/etc/master.passwd" was copied to the
"/var/yp/master.passwd" and make was run in this directory
On the client:
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o "ypwhich" returns the right machine as a NIS server;
o "ypcat passwd" and "ypcat group" return correct maps (databases)
o "ypmatch noone passwd" and "ypmatch nogroup group" return correct
records in respective maps (databases)
o I edited "master.passwd" by "/usr/sbin/vipw" to end up with a
line: "+:*:0:0:::"; This resulted in producing "passwd" file
ending with the same line.
However:
o "login" does not allow me to login on the client as a user "noone"
using password which is valid on the server
o "su" does not let me change into user "noone" from the user
"someone" even though both users are in the same group "nogroup".
What am I doing wrong? ANY (ALL) HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!
LPA