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Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 16:34:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Jane Frodo <jfrodo42@hotmail.com>
cc: dhw@whistle.com, FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG, jegelhof@cloud9.net
Subject: Re: NIS Troubles: Starting over...
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On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Jane Frodo wrote:

> Hi all.
>      I have completely started over, having found several things
> in my "search for NIS"   :=0
> 
> Here's what I've done, and where I am...
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> On the SERVER:
> 
> /etc/hosts content:
> 127.0.0.1     localhost.test.com     localhost
> 
> /etc/host.conf content: (yes, I want it to use DNS and not host)
> bind
> nis  <--- this isn't needed; use DNS


> /etc/group content:
> <standard group files>
> +:*::
> 
> /etc/passwd
> <about 1300 entries>
> +:*::::::::

You MUST add the magic cookie

+:::::::::
(plus and nine colons)

to the password database using 'vipw'.  Modifying passwd directly will NOT
work!!

> /etc/rc.conf changes:
> hostname="nismst.test.com"
> nisdomainname="test.com"
> nis_client_enable="YES"
> nis_client_flags="-s"
> nis_ypset_enable="NO"
> nis_ypset_flags=""
> nis_server_enable="YES"
> nis_server_flags=""
> nis_yppasswdd_enable="YES"
> nis_yppasswdd_flags="-v -a -t /etc/master.passwd"
> 
> /var/yp/Makefile modified to use /etc/master.passwd:
> at line 108, replace
> MASTER     =  $(YPDIR)/master.passwd
>      with
> MASTER     =  $YPSRCDIR)/master.passwd
                 ^ typo?  Should be a ( there


> SERVER: Everything appears normal.  All logins work, 
> ypcat works for all map files tried, ypmatch works, passwd
> changes local as well as NIS maps.
> 
> CLIENT: No NIS logins work.  passwd works correctly: it
> both recognizes a bad password (when prompting for "old" 
> passwd) and successfully changes the NIS passwd.  Having
> changed it via the client, I can use the new password to login 
> on the server.
> ypcat/ypmatch appear to be working fine.

Huh?  I don't understand what behavior you're describing.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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