Philippe Troin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have no pam whatsoever. I have the debian nis package, and when the > NIS server goes down login hangs and dies, even on the console. > The root entry is not exported via NIS and is present on the machine's passwd. > Am I alone experiencing this ? > > Phil.
I have had this problem too - you're not alone. I have an entry for root in /etc/passwd, but if my NIS server (a different machine) is down, I can't log in. Later, Dale -- +-------------------- finger for pgp public key ---------------------+ | Dale E. Martin | University of Cincinnati Savant Research Laboratory | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.ececs.uc.edu/~dmartin | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .