On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 13:30, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
>
> 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
>
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
David HM Spector wrote:
> 1) Make sure you updated the maps by going to /var/yp and doing a
> "make" touypdate the maps, and then
This was done on the Master. On the slave all the maps were pulled over
and kept up to date. So that part works.
> 2)Make sure the the passwd, shadow, groups a
1) Make sure you updated the maps by going to /var/yp and doing a
"make" touypdate the maps, and then
2)Make sure the the passwd, shadow, groups and automount entries in the
/etc/nsswitch.conf file have "nis" and not just "nisplus" ...
This #2 has to be done on ALL the machines that are going
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. (yp
