Re: Panic - Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
Nils Rennebarth wrote: > I tried to be clear but... anyway, my /etc/nsswitch.conf looks like this: > > #---cut here to damage your monitor-- > # /etc/nsswitch.conf > # > # Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality. > # > > passwd: c

Re: Panic - Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nils Rennebarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >As for documentation try the command > info libc >then look at the section >* Name Service Switch Well you could also just read the /usr/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto.gz file which explains everything in detail. Mike. --

Re: Panic - Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Wed, Jan 14, 1998 at 09:18:55AM -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > Nils Rennebarth wrote: > > > passwd: db files > > > group: db files > > > shadow: db files > > For these three replace "db files" with "compat" and you should be done. > How should it read? The HOW

Re: Panic - Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Joost Kooij
On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > Also, I am in Panic Mode now. > * If I am unable to log in as root, how do I fix what I did to > nsswitch.conf? I was sensible enough to backup the old file before > making the changes. I am unable to locate my emergency disk (or > whatev

Panic - Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
Nils Rennebarth wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 09:26:27PM -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > > After the upgrade, I am unable to log into my machine with a username in > > YP. > > $ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf > > passwd: db files > > group: db files > > shadow: db files

Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 09:26:27PM -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > After the upgrade, I am unable to log into my machine with a username in > YP. > > $ cat /etc/passwd > > ...some stuff... > > +::0:0::: OK > $ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf > passwd: db files > group: db files