Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:35:46 -0500 (EST) From: Tom Huppi <thuppi@huppi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: NIS login - argh! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0502170744500.27109@nuumen.pair.com>
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I've never had much trouble getting NIS to work before. Can anyone make any debugging suggestions? ... My machine: 5.3-STABLE (makeworld update from 5.1 orig circa early Jan 05.) NIS actually seems to be working fine... gila# ypcat -k passwd | grep tomh tomh tomh:$1$hZ...UK/:1012:500:Tom Huppi:/home/tomh:/bin/tcsh Also: - /etc/shells exists and has /bin/tcsh - /bin/tcsh exists - no other 'tomh' user or 1012 uid in local passwd file - home dir automounts fine when I cd to it. I've tried various things with /etc/nsswitch.conf, and the latest is: ... group: compat group_compat: nis ... passwd: compat passwd_compat: nis ... while I adjust my passwd file with 'vipw' making the last line: +::::::::: which generates an /etc/password tail of: +:*::::: (I've tried this w/ and w/o the '*') with /etc/groups similar. I also tried passwd: files nis passwd_compat: with and without the trailing +::... to no avail. Always I get a 'login incorrect' message and nothing of any real interest in the /var/log/messages. Is there somewhere else to look for debug? I tried fooling with /etc/pam.d/passwd (to turn on debugging) but it had no effect which I could see. I'm really not sure if I'm even using pam or what? It is interesting to note that I can generate another hash for another user locally with the same password and I get a different hash (which also starts out $1$ meaning MD5 I guess.) In fact, I never get the same hash even when I use the same password it seems?! The NIS server is a FreeBSD box, but I don't have access to see what exactly (though I know it to be 5.x) It serves many Fedora-II boxes just fine, and they have 'files nis' in their nsswich.conf. I've also tried adding an entry in my local passwd file which is identical to what is served out with no joy. I'm at my wits end here. I've x-checked all of the problems I could find referenced in google searches. I see some references about a 'gradual migration' to pam (specifically in the /etc/auth.conf file), but I don't know what stage that is in, and what it entails. If any one has any tips, ideas, or suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Thanks, - Tom
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