Original Message: ----------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 03:37:22 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] NIS-Continued Sorry for starting a new thread...but I am replying from work and the original emails are at home. NIS problems on MDK 8.0. The NIS server is found on boot by the client. It is bound OK. The /etc/ns***.conf (forgot the name) file was correct. If you do not use the +:::::: notation anymore, then maybe I have been using out of date HOWTO info to set it up. What should I do with the passwd file? I tried removing it as well but this just stopped anyone logging on including root. Had to use the rescue disk to put it back again. Does anyone have a recent HOWTO for mdk 8.0 for NIS? I have also seen mention about yppasswd, do I have to set this up or does the ypserv rpm take care of this? Thanks Dave OK...I have found the NIS document on http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/cnis.html I have followed the instructions OK and re-booted both client and server. All relevant serviced bound OK. When I run the ypinit -m, I get RPC timeout messages for each of the files being generated for the ypserv. Anyway what is happening is that I after re-booting the client, I had two entries for each user in the KDE login. I removed the entry for one user 'david' from the passwd file. Restarted KDE and only one entry for user 'david' appeared. I logged in OK as 'david'. Now I try to change 'david' passwd. On client 'london' I type 'yppasswd' which prompts me to enter the NIS passwords. I do this OK. Then I log out and back in again and the original password is accepted, NOT the new one. So I log onto the server 'bristol' which is the NIS server running 'yppasswd' and 'ypserv' and this accepts the original passwd for user 'david'. But if I type 'yppasswd' again, this accepts only the 'new' password. Am I missing the point here!!! Also when I 'ssh' from 'london' to 'bristol' I get a message saying that the NIS DOMAIN is not bound as a single line message. Please anyone help. Dave -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
