First, you need to configure /etc/nsswitch so that passwd,shadow, and
group are set to compat.
Right now, they should be set to files nis. When this is in place,
Everyone in the NIS passwd map can be access by finger. Once you change
that to compat, only those specified in the Netgroup will be
I am new to NIS so bare with me. I have create to
NIS servers, both of which are Sun (Solaris 2.7). I have numerous Red Hat
clients (a mix of 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2).
Authentication/NFS/etc.. is all working fine. Here
is what I am trying to do now.
I want to use netgroups to control access to
