From: Hobbs, Richard (hobbs@mongeese.co.uk)
Date: Wed Feb 12 2003 - 05:12:34 EST
Hello,
I almost have NIS working now.... on my NIS client, i can do the following:
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eMonster% ypcat passwd
palesths:x:1002:1002:Dimitrios Palaistis,,,:/home/palesths:/bin/bash
hotsanic:x:1005:1005:HotSaNIC User,,,:/home/hotsanic:/bin/bash
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/home:/bin/sh
hugh:x:1001:1001:Hugh Dickson,Across the Lounge,,:/home/hugh:/bin/bash
dan:x:1003:1003:Dan Cave,,,:/home/dan:/bin/bash
zmerlinz:x:1004:1004:Dean Thorne,,,:/home/zmerlinz:/bin/bash
hobbs:x:1000:1000:Richard Hobbs,,,:/home/hobbs:/bin/bash
eMonster%
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The above entries are not listed in my local '/etc/passwd' file on this machine,
so the NIS lookups are now working fine.
However... if i try to log in as one of these users, it doesn't work:
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eMonster% su - dan
Password:
su: Sorry
eMonster%
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I know i have the password correct, because i set the password up for the user
ages ago, and he hasn't changed it (i can still 'su - dan' on the NIS server).
This isn't a push issue either, i don't think.
Could it be because i'm using a shadow passwd file on the NIS server? here's
what i effectively did:
- Add users to '/etc/passwd' on NIS server.
- Run 'pwconv' to create shadow file containing actual passwords.
- Push the data to the NIS server at 127.0.0.1.
- Log in successfully on 127.0.0.1 as a user, after setting this
machine up as a NIS client to itself.
- Log in *unsuccessfully* on another machine in my subnet and
domain which is set up as a NIS client, and can successfully
list passwords from the 'ypcat passwd' command.
I think it's something to do with the shadow passwords... is the NIS push
bringing in the 'x' from '/etc/passwd' instead of bringing in the actual
password from the shadow file?
Does Solaris (my NIS client) use something different regarding NIS than Linux
(my NIS server)?
Any help would be greatly appreciated... :-)
Cheers!!
Richard.
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