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NIS in Linux



Shay Rojansky writes:
 > 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).
 > 
 > Does anyone have any ideas?

Maybe the problem is that slackware is configured for shadow
passwords, and this is incompatible with NIS?  Or maybe because of the
shadow passwords, you need the +:... in /etc/shadow as well as
/etc/passwd...

Good luck,

Harvey