Very Computer

1 machine client, 1 machine server
ypbind                  ypserv

on client ypcat works fine, gets hosts (/etc/hosts.conf) etc
but doesn't do logins. [when i run ypserv in debug mode, it
looks like it wasn't even sent a message for the login]

is there some other conf file that tells login to yp/nis?

/etc/login.access looks suspicious, but it doesn't seem to be
        referred to in a yp manpage and the format hint doesn't
        seem to work

note: yp/nis doesn't seem to be in the faq/handbook and
        its manpages haven't been updated WRT the
        sysconfig/rc.conf changes.
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Raytheon Electronic Systems             1-508-490-2086 (Phax)

->"this is my personal opinion and not that of my employer."<-

also there seems to be some trouble with '/etc/netgroup'
1. there is no example file, so that when yp_mkdb complains
   about missing whitespace, and given the manpage confusion
   about spaces/commas as separators for the tuples how can
   you tell whats wrong
2. '/var/yp/Makefile' doesn't build maps for netgroup automatically
3. non enough manpage 'see also's from more obvious 'yp' manpages

is there a 'cookbook' approach to this? something like:
set nis_?? in /etc/rc.conf to ??
edit /etc/??? and add line ???
...

rather than the obscure "a special '+' entry to the appropriate file'

the saga continues:
i added a +:....
entry on the client with vipw, found this from the linux-howto
now ypserv -d shows the userid lookup, but the login still
doesn't work

what next!
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Raytheon Electronic Systems             1-508-490-2086 (Phax)

->"this is my personal opinion and not that of my employer."<-

Daring to challenge the will of the almighty Leviam00se, Greg Moncreaff

: 1 machine client, 1 machine server
: ypbind                        ypserv

: on client ypcat works fine, gets hosts (/etc/hosts.conf) etc
: but doesn't do logins. [when i run ypserv in debug mode, it
: looks like it wasn't even sent a message for the login]

: is there some other conf file that tells login to yp/nis?

You have to add +::::::::: to the end of /etc/master.passwd using
vipw(8).

: /etc/login.access looks suspicious, but it doesn't seem to be
:       referred to in a yp manpage and the format hint doesn't
:       seem to work

: note: yp/nis doesn't seem to be in the faq/handbook and
:       its manpages haven't been updated WRT the
:       sysconfig/rc.conf changes.
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You are not looking in the right man pages.

% man 5 passwd
% man pwd_mkdb
% man vipw

That tells you all about how to (and how _not_ to) enable NIS logins.

-Bill

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-Bill Paul            (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu


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