Markos wrote: > For the first time, I configured a NIS service on a small network. > > Now I observed that if the NIS server is turned off, the NIS client can > not load the login screen. So I'm not able to log even as local user in > client nis machine.
Note that if the client is truly a thin client and home directories and everything are remote on the nfs server then I think it makes sense that the client _needs_ the server to perform its function. > What can I do to login as local user in a client nis machine when the > nis server is off? > > Is it possible? See my response here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/02/msg00440.html Bob
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