On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 15:58, Lee Porter wrote: > Can anyone indicate how one is to get root > user privelidges on a client (ltsp server running nis). On my system root is not authenticated by NIS.Remote root logins can be disabled in the GDM setup, check this if you run GDM but otherwise check your DM setup. I find GDM the easiest to run because there is a GUI to administer it. regards Garry > > I have configured the workstation for local_apps (although > I cannot get local_wm to work). > > Having done this, I have all the NIS stuff working - but this > only extends to uid's > 500 - a security measure in ypserv. > I changed this in the yp Makefile (which I think is generally > a bad idea) and it still didn't work. > > How does one get root on the client - can NIS serve out root passwords > or should the client get its root passwd when it starts up. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Kind regards > > Lee > > > -- > Lee Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Quadrics supercomputers > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the basics of securing > your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte > Server Certificate: http://www.gothawte.com/rd524.html > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net >
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