On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 11:16:31PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i was wondering if i could map (or share) the passwd file on my NIS server > to my NIS client..i ask this because when i log in on my box, when i open > a terminal, it says: > > id: cannot find name for user ID 502 > [I have no [EMAIL PROTECTED] mongkey]$
I don't use NIS since I prefer LDAP instead, but I'm curious: is nscd running? I usually see this problem on my client boxes when their nscd dies. --> Jijo -- Federico Sevilla III : http://jijo.free.net.ph : When we speak of free Network Administrator : The Leather Collection, Inc. : software we refer to GnuPG Key ID : 0x93B746BE : freedom, not price. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
