On Thu, May 14, 1998 at 05:51:06PM +0100, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > Try looking at /etc/nsswitch.conf, to get info on it do "info libc" ->name > service switch -> nss configuration file, also "man nsswitch".
Thanks, this took care of almost everything. The only thing that doesn't seem to work now is hosts.equiv, which contains an (NIS) alias for hosts in our local network. Any ideas on what I need to put in nsswitch.conf (or anywhere else) to get this to work? Kevin ----- Kevin Squire [EMAIL PROTECTED] Research Student Nakajima Research Laboratory Tokyo Institute of Technology -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]