Date: 04 Mar 1998 20:52:34 -0600 From: stephen farrell <stephen@farrell.org> To: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS will not authenticate / login Message-ID: <87sooxkfwt.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: Atipa's message of "Wed, 4 Mar 1998 18:39:07 -0700 (MST)" References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980304182620.14182B@dot.ishiboo.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com> writes: > I am using 2.2.2-RELEASE (BTW - man page is out of date; it refers to > /etc/sysconfig instead of /etc/rc.conf). 2.2.2-RELEASE is rather out-of-date at this point. > I set up yp/nis, and everything appears to work fine (rpc.passwdd, > ypserv, ypcat, ypchsh, ypwhich, etc.). I can make my user lists and verify > them locally and remotely using ypcat. > > I can also change passwords and finger information w/ ypchsh and > yppasswd (and /usr/bin/passwd for NIS-only logins). No problems at all. > > However, whenever I try to login (telnet, ftp, or console) w/ an NIS > identity, I get the normal "login incorrect" message. Yes, I am typing > the correct password :) > > Do you need a different version of /usr/libexec/login for NIS? I would > think authentication would be built into getpwent(), but I could be wrong. Did you add the appropriate entries to /etc/passwd and /etc/group? For more information, see man 5 passwd, in particular the section entitled "YP/NIS INTERACTION". -- Steve Farrell To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?87sooxkfwt.fsf>