First, you need to configure /etc/nsswitch so that passwd,shadow, and group are set to compat.
Right now, they should be set to files nis. When this is in place, Everyone in the NIS passwd map can be access by finger. Once you change that to compat, only those specified in the Netgroup will be identified by finger. (using finger as a password lookup test program) example netgroup entry in passwd: +@ADMIN:::::: -Rob > > I am new to NIS so bare with me. I have create to NIS servers, both of which are Sun >(Solaris 2.7). I have numerous Red Hat clients (a mix of 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2). > > Authentication/NFS/etc.. is all working fine. Here is what I am trying to do now. > > I want to use netgroups to control access to various servers. I understanded the >syntax of a netgroup, ie: > mygroup (host, user, domain) > > However, how do I configure a specific server to only accept users from a specific >netgroup? The server itself is an NIS client. > > The O'Rielly book was kind of weak on it's coverage of netgroups and I just spent >the better part of an hour looking through google for online resources. > > > Thanks greatly, > CC > > -- -Rob _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
