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by **Harry M. Fuc** » Thu, 27 Nov 1997 04:00:00

although following instructions in NIS-HOWTO and reading all FAQ's i could
find, i'm still not able to login to my linux machines using

ypserv-1.2.5
ypbind-3.3
yp-tools-1.2

the funny thing is, i can do 'ypcat passwd' and even change users passwords
with yppasswd ... but a normal user isn't able to login! might there be a
problem with these packages in conjunction with the shadow password system?
i only found hints, that it isn't that easy ...

i got 4 linux machines, one is running as the master, the 3 others as
slaves. this part works. the 4 communicate and exchange datas ...

the master is running ypserv and yppasswdd, the three others ypserv and
ypbind.

what could be wrong? why can i change my password as a user (when su'ing
from root) but not login ?

thanx in advance for any hints,

Harry

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by **Dirk Geschk** » Thu, 27 Nov 1997 04:00:00

> although following instructions in NIS-HOWTO and reading all FAQ's i could
> find, i'm still not able to login to my linux machines using

> ypserv-1.2.5
> ypbind-3.3
> yp-tools-1.2

> the funny thing is, i can do 'ypcat passwd' and even change users passwords
> with yppasswd ... but a normal user isn't able to login! might there be a
> problem with these packages in conjunction with the shadow password system?

There is a mistake in the NIS-HOWTO. The last line in /etc/passwd should
look
like this:

+::::::

If you use the suggested form with an entry in the second field like

+:*:::::

as it is mentioned in the HOWTO all logins via NIS would be denied,

Dirk

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Can't login using yp/nis !

Can't login using yp/nis !

Can't login using yp/nis !