> Thanks for the replies, guys, it's (freakin' finally) working.
Thank the NIS Gods.
> I don't know if it was the extra blank line before the +: in
> /etc/master.passwd was the culprit
It is likely.
> or the weird characters in
> /var/yp/ypservers. I did some reading to try and f
Thanks for the replies, guys, it's (freakin' finally) working.
When I vipw 'ed on the client machine, I found a space between the last entry
and the +: I deleted it, and saved the file.
Before I hupped ypbind (for the millionth time), I sshed over to the NIS
Server and had a look in /
> Definitely sounds like a problem with the + line in the passwd file.
> Run vipw, and verify that
>
> +:
>
> is at the bottom. If it still doesn't work, try truss'ing "id -u
> zoomba" and verify that it's reading the NIS files and doing network
> calls.
Don't forget to add
+:::
to
In the last episode (Nov 07), Tim Kellers said:
> I'm using NFS to mount /usr/home from the server on the client
> machine. All the accounts on the server have their home directories
> in /usr/home ypcat passwd returns the passwd list, ypwhich returns
> the master server name, chpass (usernameon se
In a computer lab at work...
>From rc.conf in my master server:
portmap_enable="YES"
nfs_server_enable="YES"
mountd_flags="-r"
nisdomainname="nemesis"
nis_server_enable="YES"
nis_yppasswdd_enable="YES"
#nis_client_enable="YES"
ls -la of /var/yp:
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel512 Nov 7 13:36 .
