never used nis. but used ldap. try this on your solaris box to see if it returns user info.
"getent passwd" or can you finger a user at all in solaris from users in the nis database ? On Tue, 14 May 2002, Isaac Liu wrote: > My solaris 2.8 nis client (nis server is linux) wont do logins > for users in the nis data base. > nsswitch.conf says "passwd files nis" > "ypcat passwd" gives the expected result. > "/bin/su - NIS-USERNAME" works with automouting of home directories > ok. > > I cant find any error messages. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list