On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Edwin Goei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Edwin Goei wrote:
> > Is it possible to use two networked databases at the same time in
> > nsswitch.conf? I've got a client machine using an existing NIS
> > database in nsswitch. I'd like to add additional entries to the passwd
> > database so that I can provide sshd access to a mercurial repository
> > for a large number of accounts. These entries would be provided by an
> > ldap server on a different host. Essentially, I would like to modify
> > my existing NIS-based nsswitch with "passwd: files nis ldap". I was
> > able to get ldap to work via ldapclient but when I turn on the NIS
> > client back on, I get this error in the log:
> >
> > [ Mar 19 07:44:22 Enabled. ]
> > [ Mar 19 07:44:22 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/yp"). ]
> > /lib/svc/method/yp: /var/yp/binding/tools.sfbay.sun.com is not a
> > directory
> > [ Mar 19 07:44:22 Method "start" exited with status 96. ]
> >
> > Any ideas?
> I found a workaround was to copy the backup from
> /var/ldap/restore/`domainname` back to /var/yp/binding and got it to
> work. I'd still like to hear suggestions on how to combine two different
> network passwd databases together, though.
ypcat passwd, ypcat group, and perl?
>
> >
> > It doesn't seem to be possible to use two LDAP backends, but it may be
> > possible to have an LDAP server both provide LDAP and NIS entries. Has
> > anyone gotten something like this to work?
>
> -Edwin
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