Did you make the appropriate changes to /etc/nsswitch.conf?
At a minimum you will need this:
passwd: files nis
shadow: files nis
group: files nis
Red Hat comes default with nisplus configured (why I have no earthly idea) The easiest thing to do is make a backup copy and search and replace in vi:
: s/nisplus/nis/g
Also, I have not heard of using crontabs to maintain maps, we run a large hetergenous NIS environment and have never had this need. (Solaris, Irix, Linux Red Hat 6.2 - 8.0, and Tru64)
Our NIS servers are all Solaris and anytime we add users or make changes to the files, we simply 'cd /var/yp && make'.
Hope this helps,
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Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
Okay, I'm not getting any answers out of comp.os.linux.networking, which is where the documentation for NIS tells you to go for questinos/problems. Maybe someone on here knows the answer to my problem.I have two RH7.3 servers running, one as a NIS master, and the other as a client. (ypbind/ypserv/yp-tools are all from RPMs) The client has all the maps transferred from the master. When I do a 'ypcat passwd' on the client, I get the correct information, however none of those users can authenticate on the client. Can anyone help me figure this out? Also, on the NIS documentation webpage (http://www.linux-nis.org/nisplus/), it says to install the crontabs on the client that are needed to keep the maps up to date, however those commands aren't in the client RPMs, they're in the server RPMs, forcing one to install all three packages on a client NIS machine as well. -- W | I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere. +-------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashley M. Kirchner <mailto:ashley@;pcraft.com> . 303.442.6410 x130 IT Director / SysAdmin / WebSmith . 800.441.3873 x130 Photo Craft Laboratories, Inc. . 3550 Arapahoe Ave. #6 http://www.pcraft.com ..... . . . Boulder, CO 80303, U.S.A.
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