On Fri, Dec 16, 2005, Doug Summers wrote:
> Using RHEL 3.0 w/NIS (compat mode for use with netgroups)...
>
> I use a combination of NIS (/etc/passwd, not /etc/shadow) and OpenAFS
> (authentication). The openpkg ID's I use are passed through NIS. I was
> able to get ProFTPD to see my NIS UID's but the daemon won't start with
> an UID that's not local to the system. Changing the user/group to ftp
> works and is no big deal, but just a heads-up.
Perhaps your using NIS just via nsswitch.conf or a mechanism similar to
this. AFAIK ProFTPD performs some passwd/group pre-loading tricks to not
require file duplications in the chroot(2) environment. This could mean
that instead of nssswitch.conf you have to use the old-style "+:::::::"
entries in passwd/group to activate NIS/YP and to let it play nice with
ProFTPD. But this is just a wild guess....
Ralf S. Engelschall
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