On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 07:13, Gordon Stewart wrote: > Dear List > > I am runing Redhat 7 and I am trying to get my NIS working. I have tested > the installation by running ypcat passwd.byuid and all I get is the passwd > file from /etc/passwd and that is fine. My problem is if I have a file with > 10 entries in /var/yp/passwd in the same format as the /etc/passwd file. > When I run make and then the command ypcat passwd.byuid, I seam to get the > same as before the enties in /etc/passwd and not the enties in the > /var/yp/passwd. I am running all the 4 demons. > > How can I get it working with the merged of the two file? > > Thank you for your help > > Gordon Stewart Gordon,
What are you using NIS for? Is it to synchronize w/ an existing environment, or is this a new setup? If it's new, you would be better served w/ Kerberos + LDAP: http://www.ofb.net/~jheiss/krbldap/howto.html I can't promize it's any easier, but it works pretty well. js -- VB programmers ask why no one takes them seriously, it's somewhat akin to a McDonalds manager asking employees why they don't take their 'career' seriously.
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