Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 09:58:10 -0400 From: Robert Beer <r-beer@onu.edu> To: "sysadmin@mfn.org" <sysadmin@mfn.org>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: The NIS problem: a little more info... Message-ID: <l0310281fb1d263360bc3@[140.228.15.35]> In-Reply-To: <01BDAF98.83291780@noc.mfn.org>
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At 9:30 PM -0400 7/14/1998, sysadmin@mfn.org wrote: > As you know, I have a machine which doesn't seem to grok >NIS. I put the ypserv into debug mode to watch the transactions, and >to my surprise, everything looks in order - except that this box won't >believe what it's told! > >(1) The box binds to my NIS server >(2) It does abunch of queries/loads: groups, passwd, etc... >(3) When I type in a login name not in it's local password file, >it requests the appropriate record from NIS, and is given the proper >response. >(4) When I type in the password, it complains the login is invalid, & >goes back to (3) Have you checked whether the NIS server is supplying DES encrypted or MD5 encrypted passwords? Take a look at: ls -l /usr/lib/*crypt* Also in /etc/master.passwd, I believe that MD5 style encrypted passwords start with $1. --- Bob Beer <r-beer@onu.edu> Ohio Northern University, Academic Computer Services, Ada, OH 45810 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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