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Date:      Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:51:54 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        lists-freebsd-questions@biaix.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NIS authentication problems
Message-ID:  <20031013015154.GA31259@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20031013013704.GA1210@grummit.biaix.org>
References:  <20031013013704.GA1210@grummit.biaix.org>

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In the last episode (Oct 13), Joan Picanyol said:
> I'm trying to set up NIS with the simplest setup: one server and one
> client. I've followed the procedure in the handbook, altering
> {login,auth}.conf as suggested (BTW: how do I know what format are my
> passwords stored in?). ypcat passwd shows me the user list, but I
> can't log in (Login incorrect).

Make sure you have a plus line in your passwd and group files.

/etc/group:          +:::
/etc/master.passwd:  +:::::::::

Does "id somenisuser" work?

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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