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Date:      Thu, 21 Nov 1996 16:55:54 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        "Lenny Tropiano" <lennyt@arlut.utexas.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problem getting NIS/yp to allow logins/su to users 
Message-ID:  <199611211455.QAA08210@grackle.grondar.za>

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"Lenny Tropiano" wrote:
> I've been banging my head against the wall on this one, and can't figure
> out what the deal is.  This is the first time I've had to use the NIS/yp
> support.  This is FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE.
> 
> I can successfully bind, ypcat, ypwhich, ypmatch.  But if I su or login
> it always comes back with unknown login.  I know yp is working, since I
> can see users and groups just fine in the "ls -l" listing...

Does your /etc/passwd have the _correct_ +::::::: entry at the end?

See man 5 passwd for details.

M
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