Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 13:03:25 +0200 (CEST) From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> To: kunze@CS.ColoState.EDU Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: binding to a linux NIS server Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003301259240.31520-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
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> i am trying to setup my FreeBSD 4.0-Release machine to be a NIS client > to a debian linux box. I have read the howtos for both os's and > everything seems to be working pretty good. all the client apps (like > ypcat) work on the freebsd machine and display what i would expect > them to. the only thing that doesn't work seems to be login passwords. > trying to log on or change my password with yppasswd fails. I figure > that the problem is because of different crypt methods or something. > Does anyone know how to get this to work. > i even tried exporting the shadow.byname table, but again to no avail Try to install the DES encryption subsystem (CRYPTO). Probably, you're running md5 encryption out of the box which is not compatible to DES on your NIS server. Konrad Heuer Personal Bookmarks: Gesellschaft f=FCr wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH G=D6ttingen http://www.freebsd.org Am Fa=DFberg, D-37077 G=D6ttingen http://www.daemonnews.o= rg Deutschland (Germany) kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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