On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 04:27:49PM +0100, Mark wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Network uses nis for logins. Since last night,
> logins are no longer possible, although password
> changes can still be done(!) using yppasswd.
>
> Attempting to login on a non-yp-server machine
> results in 'Login incorrect' at the prompt.
> Attempting to use passwd at the root prompt
> on a non-yp-server machine gets you
>
> 'Authentication service cannot
> retrieve authentication info.'
>
>
> Which I suspect is a pam error. The only
> change I'm aware of which took place overnight
> was an apt- upgrade which upgraded perl from
> the security archive. I've downgraded perl
> but it's made no difference.
Found the answer in the newsgroups - here it is
in case anyone else needs it.
The 'compat' option no longer works, you need
passwd: files nis
group: files nis
shadow: files nis
In your nsswitch.conf instead.
Cheers,
Mark.
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