> I'm trying to convert existing Linux users(NIS) to AFS users. > Should I disable NIS client on every local machine on which AFS users > will login? (suppose NIS server and AFS server are running in same > machine) > or if NIS client and AFS client can be running in the same local > machine,how to set up entries in local /etc/passwd , /etc/shadow and > /etc/group files?( here "local" means machines other than AFS and NIS > server).
AFS does not provide /etc/passwd information (home dir, shell, gecos, etc). You still need to either use NIS, or have local /etc/passwd entries for this information. If you want to use NIS, I'd recommend setting the password field in the shadow map to "*NP*", so NIS only provides name service and not authentication. See one of the MANY responses to this exact question in the mailing list archive. -- t. charles clancy <> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <> www.uiuc.edu/~tclancy _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
