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Re: NIS in Linux



'Shay Rojansky'
>
>Hi, everyone.
>
>I'm trying to set up NIS in Linux.
>
>Everything's pretty much set up (no need to build anything - the
>binaries come with slackware), and typing 'ypcat passwd' on a client
>gives me the NIS server's passwd file. The only thing not working
>is the fact that I can't actually login to the client with an
>account specified in the server.
>
>I've included +:*:0:0::: at the end of the client's passwd
>and +:*:0: at the end of the client's /etc/group. 'ypcat passwd'
>works (so ypbind is ok).
>
Hi;
evry string in the + entry tells yp to replace it with the content
of the passwd file. S the * replace your passwd string. Remove it.


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