Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 08:50:24 +0100 (MET) From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: epamha@epa.ericsson.se (Mark Hannon) Cc: questions@freebsd.org, mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au Subject: Re: yp & unknown user Message-ID: <199703140750.IAA07036@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <33297ED8.CA3@epa.ericsson.se> from Mark Hannon at "Mar 14, 97 08:37:44 am"
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> Hi, > > I reinstalled my FreeBSD client machine last night with 2.2-GAMMA > (after a harddisk crash & replacement harddisk). > > I copied all my backed up /etc files that I had previously used > on this machine. These included a working setup for NIS client. > Passwd & Group are distributed from the ypserver. > > The wierd thing is that now I can login with my normal userid and > things seem to be OK. The id command returns my uid & gids. A > "ypcat passwd" prints out the passwd file from the server, so far > so good. > > BUT.... > > (1) Attempts to start pine fail. I get an error message saying that > pine doesn't know who I am and that attempts to read my login name > failed. > (2) Commands of the form: cd ~mark fail with 'Unkown user'. I suspect you are using the tcsh. Update tcsh. > (3) My CDE login fails with unkown user. > (4) I attempted to stop the ypserv daemon on the server and restart > with -debug but then all client calls timeout. > > Anybody have any ideas on what I can have missed??? > > Regards/Mark > > PS Pls CC replies to mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au, I'm not sure if I will > get the chance to read email at work again today. > -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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