Date: 10 Mar 2003 07:01:07 -0500 From: Dan Pelleg <daniel+bsd@pelleg.org> To: Neeraj Arora <Neeraj.Arora@ems.rmit.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd nis server with debian clients Message-ID: <u2sof4jsa64.fsf@gs166.sp.cs.cmu.edu> In-Reply-To: <se6ce2dd.026@ems.rmit.edu.au> References: <se6ce2dd.026@ems.rmit.edu.au>
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"Neeraj Arora" <Neeraj.Arora@ems.rmit.edu.au> writes: > Hi Geeks, Girls and Guys, > > ...:^) > > I am having a little problem setting up a debian client to derive login data from a freebsd nis server. There is no problem when the freebsd nis server interacts with freebsd clients, but there is a problem when it interacts with a debian gnu/linux client. > > The authentication works when I force a password in the /etc/passwd file on the debian gnu/linux system. E.g.: > +login_whatever:$1$blahblahblah:::::/bin/bash > +::::::/bin/bash > > But, it does not work when the password has to be sourced from the nis server (viz. a freebsd machine). I confirmed that both are communicating/operating on nis v2. And moreover, the password on the freebsd server are stored in md5 too. > > So, I dont seem to understand what the problem may be. > > Any help will be great...:) > > Regards, > Neeraj > > N.B.: I am a freebsd devotee and thus posting this to the freebsd-questions mailing list. I might try debian mailing lists too, but first here...:) > > Can your client see the passwords with a "ypcat -k passwd"? If it does, I would triple-check the password encoding (section 19.8.11 of the handbook). Remember that you need to *change* the password after making a change to encode it in the right method. Next - what does /etc/nsswitch.conf on the client look like? -- Dan Pelleg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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