-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 500 is the first user assigned so 500 is you on the machine you're setting up to network with. You are working as root but you are still likely user 500. )
On Saturday January 18 2003 05:09 pm, you wrote: > I have been experimenting with Red Hat 8.0 and NIS. > > I have managed to set up a master server and a client, but the only > problem I have is that when I log in to the client machine as a regular > user, I get the following error: > > id: cannot find name for user ID 500 > > The logon is allowed, and I can start X on the client, use apps, etc. > Any files I create as this user show "500" as the owner, not the user name. > > The System logs on the client show the login with the username: > > > Jan 14 21:21:18 ROBLINUX login(pam_unix)[885]: session opened for user > tooler by LOGIN(uid=0) > Jan 14 21:21:18 ROBLINUX -- tooler[885]: LOGIN ON tty1 BY tooler > > > Google does not seem to have much useful info, and I was wondering if > someone has any experience with NIS has maybe seen this before? > > Please let me know what config files and other info you would like to see. > > Thanks in advance, > Rob. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE+Kd9dJ053raI+x/sRAj0TAJ4/gGuM2VzrC8rE+KqVq0O4qBMtTACdGdzq PKodtprtoIckIKqbwJZ1xhA= =gseB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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