I write only to the mailing list to avoid previous delivery problems. > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 at 11:56 PM > From: "Christos Zoulas" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Again about NIS client configuration > [...] > So if you: > > $ ypmatch <user> passwd
No, I see: ypmatch: can't match key <user> in map passwd.byname. Reason: no such map in server's domain. > You see the user.. > > $ ypwhich -m passwd > > lists the correct server... ...no, it prints ypwhich: clnt_call: localhost: passwd.byname: No such map in server's domain. > How are you dealing with the "shadow" map? If you ypcat passwd as root > do you see the password field in the password database? No, I see nothing (the command has no output and the prompt returns). > Are you merging > passwd and shadow on the server? Are you meaning a unique file with passwd and shadow information? Anyway, no, the server has two distinct files: /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. Rocky
