On 2002.06.09 14:24 David Ginsberg wrote: > > Hello, > > I am using linux with NIS+ and I would like to use lprng as the default > printing system, but I have run into some problems with NIS+. > > Specifically, lprng doesn't work when I get the group information from > NIS+. When I omit the nisplus entry from the group item in > nsswitch.conf, > it appears to work fine: > > group: compat > > but when I add the nisplus entry to nsswitch.conf, it seems to break > LPRng: > > group: compat nisplus > > I am using: > lprng 3.8.12 > ifhp 3.5.8 > kernel 2.4.18 > nis-utils 1.4.1 > > Does anybody have any ideas about what the problem might be?
I've vague recollections of problems with NIS(+?) and groups, when each user is configured to have his own private group. (For putting chmod g=rws on (home) directories to automatically let group members share files.) There was some limit on the total number of groups you could have. I recall limitations in the NIS protocol. I gave up and went to ldap, which at last look (openldap) has a performance problem when there's large numbers of groups and you're logging in. At the time, nobody was admitting this problem. I was too lazy to force the issue after everyone had expended effort to fix other, more critical, problems. But ldap _does_ work. Could be fixed by now. (Or maybe not. I recall linux had an inefficent method of looking up groups when you're not logged in, compared to the BSD system calls.) This was maybe 18 months ago?? See the openldap list archives. Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
