Re: Debian devices and NIS user accounts

2007-04-27 Thread Steve Kemp
On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 11:00:28AM -0400, Michael S. Peek wrote: > That, my friend, was /exactly/ what I needed. No worries. You might want to look at using pam_mkhomedir too. Steve -- Debian GNU/Linux System Administration http://www.debian-administration.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Debian devices and NIS user accounts

2007-04-27 Thread Michael S. Peek
Steve Kemp wrote: The simple way would be to use PAM, as described here: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/308 Frickin' awsome! That, my friend, was /exactly/ what I needed. Thanks! Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: Debian devices and NIS user accounts

2007-04-27 Thread Michael S. Peek
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: You may end up with a conflict if you assign a regular user to a UID below 1000. Yeah, that's what I've run into. The first time my boss sat down at a Linux box to log in he had problems. A little detective work and I discovered that his (Solaris) UID conflicte

Re: Debian devices and NIS user accounts

2007-04-27 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 09:17:51AM -0400, Michael S. Peek wrote: > > I'm in the process of remaping UIDs/GIDs from our old Solaris-based > system (where [UG]IDs started at 100) to Linux (where [UG]IDs start at > 1000), and a thought occurred to me. I have to add each user to the > cdrom, video

Re: Debian devices and NIS user accounts

2007-04-27 Thread Steve Kemp
On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 09:17:51AM -0400, Michael S. Peek wrote: > I have to add each user to the cdrom, video, audio, etc. group in > order for them to be able to be able to use these devices. > So before I go and muck about with the system, I thought I would ask: What > the Debian way of doing

Debian devices and NIS user accounts

2007-04-27 Thread Michael S. Peek
Hi all, I'm in the process of remaping UIDs/GIDs from our old Solaris-based system (where [UG]IDs started at 100) to Linux (where [UG]IDs start at 1000), and a thought occurred to me. I have to add each user to the cdrom, video, audio, etc. group in order for them to be able to be able to us