Re: NIS issue (now resolved!)

2004-10-11 Thread William Bierman
> Interesting...something that pops into my mind is something obvious > since it was stated in the handbook, but needs to be said > anyway...when you add stuff to the master.passwd file, do you re-make > the database? Also, if you follow the directions in the handbook, > they suggest you make a di

Re: NIS issue

2004-10-11 Thread William Bierman
> Interesting...something that pops into my mind is something obvious > since it was stated in the handbook, but needs to be said > anyway...when you add stuff to the master.passwd file, do you re-make > the database? Also, if you follow the directions in the handbook, > they suggest you make a di

Re: NIS issue

2004-10-11 Thread Brian McCann
Interesting...something that pops into my mind is something obvious since it was stated in the handbook, but needs to be said anyway...when you add stuff to the master.passwd file, do you re-make the database? Also, if you follow the directions in the handbook, they suggest you make a different ma

Re: NIS issue

2004-10-11 Thread William Bierman
> Be hot on typo. > > My case : > > % sudo tail -1 /etc/ma*d > +: > % sudo tail -1 /etc/ma*d|wc -c > 11 > % Sorry, this was a typo in my email, not the master.passwd. There are 9 colons in the actual file. (Again apologies if you get this multiple times .. it's late and I did not

Re: NIS issue

2004-10-11 Thread William Bierman
> I may be misunderstanding what you are saying here, but master.passwd > on the slave servers should never get "updated" with NIS information. > That line that goes at the end tells the authentication process to > look to NIS for further information...same goes with the line that > goes in the gro

Re: NIS issue

2004-10-10 Thread Brian McCann
I may be misunderstanding what you are saying here, but master.passwd on the slave servers should never get "updated" with NIS information. That line that goes at the end tells the authentication process to look to NIS for further information...same goes with the line that goes in the group file.

Re: NIS issue

2004-10-10 Thread horio shoichi
On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 12:55:06 -1000 William Bierman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. I have searched the archives for this, to no avail. > > I am attempting to setup an NIS domain. I have followed the steps in > the handbook, and have succesfully setup my master and clients (I have > no slave

NIS issue

2004-10-10 Thread William Bierman
Hello. I have searched the archives for this, to no avail. I am attempting to setup an NIS domain. I have followed the steps in the handbook, and have succesfully setup my master and clients (I have no slave server, as this is a small domain). The relevant information is propogated correctly to