any specific info on the yp Makefile? with the 2 extra "@", or is this updated in one of the cooker rpm's (yp*.rpm) to where i should just update with that particular rpm. etc. On Mon, 07 Feb 2000, you wrote: > Ya, I got NIS working with Mandrake 7.0. It sure was a bitch though > because they wrote the makefile wrong. > You get that "Domain not bound" error when you do not have your NIS > database built. You have to type /usr/lib/yp/ypinit -m > You then follow the instructions and it will attempt to build your > database. Unless yours is different then mine, it gave me two 'Command > not found' errors while trying to build the group part. Its because > there are two extra @ symbols in the makefile that shouldn't be there. > After you remove them it will build correctly. Then I had the problem > where the clients knew the server was there and that the password and > group data bases existed but it wouldn't let anyone login. After > playing with it a bit I found that you have to set merge the shadow with > the password to 'true' in the makefile as well. Not sure about the > groups tho. You might have to do those too. See the NIS howto for more > information. I had to read it like 5 times before I finally understood > what it was saying. -- ------------ Sent from: Lattitude (deg): 32.7130 Longitude (deg): -117.1530 Altitude (ft): 410.0 GMT to Local (hrs): -8.0 (daylight savings enabled) ------------ Created with Linux-Mandrake 7.0! http://www.linux-mandrake.com/ Currently Beta Testing Mandrake Ver >7.0
