On 09 Jul 1997 23:00:27 +0200 Christian Leutloff ([EMAIL PROTECTED] e.de) wrote: > Philippe Troin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 1) If the NIS server is down for a NIS domain, root cannot log on the > > console. This is annoying, accounts which are in /etc/passwd (like > > root) should be always accessible. > > isn't it?? Under solaris this works pretty fine. Have you a root entry > in your NIS tables?? Perhaps you should delete it. Have you set up > nsswitch.conf to use "files" if "nis" failes??
I haven't got a root entry in the nis tables. My nsswitch.conf is "as distributed". I thought this file was only used for libc6, not with libc5. It not, how do specify to fall back to the local passwd if NIS fails ? There is no manpage on nsswitch.conf... Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
