Panic - Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
Nils Rennebarth wrote: On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 09:26:27PM -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: After the upgrade, I am unable to log into my machine with a username in YP. $ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf passwd: db files group: db files shadow: db files For these

Re: Panic - Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Joost Kooij
On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: Also, I am in Panic Mode now. * If I am unable to log in as root, how do I fix what I did to nsswitch.conf? I was sensible enough to backup the old file before making the changes. I am unable to locate my emergency disk (or whatever

Re: Panic - Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Wed, Jan 14, 1998 at 09:18:55AM -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: Nils Rennebarth wrote: passwd: db files group: db files shadow: db files For these three replace db files with compat and you should be done. How should it read? The HOWTO mentions this

Re: Panic - Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nils Rennebarth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As for documentation try the command info libc then look at the section * Name Service Switch Well you could also just read the /usr/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto.gz file which explains everything in detail. Mike. --

Re: Panic - Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
Nils Rennebarth wrote: I tried to be clear but... anyway, my /etc/nsswitch.conf looks like this: #---cut here to damage your monitor-- # /etc/nsswitch.conf # # Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality. # passwd: compat