Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

Pretty much rightand is not truly X.500 compliant...This AD. It makes me nervous when one refers to it as LDAP...heh. Do a low level trace when running: ldapsearch .. Problem is AD has to be dealt with until Microsoft dies! Becomes Novell. And it will someday Anyway The LDAP with C

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

On 1/29/2014 3:17 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > I'm sorry, with all due respect I disagree. There is an unfathomable quantity > of > functionality not accessible via LDAP. > > You can query some aspects made available through the LDAP interface, you > cannot set nor modify plenty. indeed, as I sa

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

> AD *is* a modified/extended LDAP+Kerberos based system, it just adds a > ton more proprietary stuff around it to manage Windows workstations, the > whole Group Policy Object stuff etc etc. Thats all implemented via > LDAP extensions. I'm sorry, with all due respect I disagree. There is an unfa

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

On 1/29/2014 2:24 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > No, the other way around. Microsoft Active Directory implements an > LDAP like directory accessible interface for its own directory. > > Calling Active Directory "LDAP" is like calling vim `echo "xx" > yy`. If you > are unaware of all the moving part

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

brilliant. exactly. On 1/29/2014 2:24 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >> No, the other way around. Microsoft Active Directory sounds a lot >> like LDAP and Kerberos. Credit where credit is due ... > No, the other way around. Microsoft Active Directory implements an > LDAP like directory access

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

> No, the other way around. Microsoft Active Directory sounds a lot > like LDAP and Kerberos. Credit where credit is due ... No, the other way around. Microsoft Active Directory implements an LDAP like directory accessible interface for its own directory. Calling Active Directory "LDAP" is lik

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

--On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 12:45:09 PM + Sorin Srbu wrote: > LDAP and Kerberos though. That does sound a lot like Microsoft Active > Directory. 8-) No, the other way around. Microsoft Active Directory sounds a lot like LDAP and Kerberos. Credit where credit is due ... ;) Devin __

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Jeffrey Hass > Sent: den 29 januari 2014 11:11 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS or not? > > Almost forgot, //Sorin: > > SSL uses p

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

et -- because most don't have more than three or four years experience. Most. ~ later. j/h On 1/29/2014 1:49 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On >> Behalf Of Jeffrey Hass >> S

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

ass -- Real men write their own device drivers ~ A. Tuckett On 1/29/2014 1:49 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On >> Behalf Of Jeffrey Hass >> Sent: den 29 januari 2014 09:49 >>

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Jeffrey Hass > Sent: den 29 januari 2014 09:49 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS or not? > > Good call - not sure how far your codin

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

On 01/29/2014 09:44 PM, John R Pierce wrote: On 1/28/2014 4:45 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: Use IPA. It combines LDAP with Kerberos, a server-client environment is easily setup and the documentation (RHEL deployment) is very helpful. Thank you. I'll look it up. LDAP and Kerberos though. That does so

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

>> From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On >> Behalf Of Jeffrey Hass >> Sent: den 29 januari 2014 08:47 >> To: CentOS mailing list >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS or not? >> >> Hi friend - >> >> what is your

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

On 1/28/2014 4:45 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> Use IPA. It combines LDAP with Kerberos, a server-client environment is >> >easily setup and the documentation (RHEL deployment) is very helpful. > Thank you. I'll look it up. > > LDAP and Kerberos though. That does sound a lot like Microsoft Active > Dire

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Jeffrey Hass > Sent: den 29 januari 2014 08:47 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS or not? > > Hi friend - > > what is your end g

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

ssage- >> From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On >> Behalf Of m.r...@5-cent.us >> Sent: den 28 januari 2014 17:09 >> To: CentOS mailing list >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS or not? >> >>> Hmm, yes. It would seem most every

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of m.r...@5-cent.us > Sent: den 28 januari 2014 17:09 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS or not? > > > Hmm, yes. It would seem most everybo

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Matt Garman wrote: > >> Here you may not realize you're distinguishing between authentication and >> authorization. > > Yeah, I forgot to mention that we already have Kerberos in place for > authentication. It's authorization that is currently done by hand and >

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

Matt Garman wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:18 AM, wrote: >> We have an in-house written set of scripts that administer relevant >> configuration files, including /etc/passwd. It copies the correct >> version of that file (among many others) to each host, and shell of /bin/noLogin >> works ju

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:18 AM, wrote: > At this late date, I'd be really, *REALLY* leery of using NIS. You say > that *most* of your traffic is local, suggesting that some of it is *not*. > And, for that matter, how good are the firewalls keeping other traffic > out? > > I'd say no to NIS. Yes,

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

Sorin Srbu wrote: >> Behalf Of Mauricio Tavares >> >> > We do have Active Directory as well, but only for the Windows clients. >> > >> > But I'd rather keep them separated. >> > >> > Kerberos on linux. Is that a pain or a bigger pain? >> > Whenever I've worked with Kerberos on Windows I've come out

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Mauricio Tavares > Sent: den 28 januari 2014 15:20 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS or not? > > > We do have Active Directory as wel

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

Laurent Wandrebeck wrote: > Matt Garman a écrit : >> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:02 AM, Sorin Srbu >> wrote: >>> The only thing I'm trying to accomplish is a system which will allow me >>> to keep user accounts and passwords in one place, with one place only to >>> administrate. NIS seems to be abl

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

2014-01-28 Mauricio Tavares > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Darod Zyree wrote: > > 2014-01-28 Laurent Wandrebeck > > > >> > >> Matt Garman a écrit : > >> > >> > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:02 AM, Sorin Srbu > > >> wrote: > >> >> The only thing I'm trying to accomplish is a system which will

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Darod Zyree wrote: > 2014-01-28 Laurent Wandrebeck > >> >> Matt Garman a écrit : >> >> > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:02 AM, Sorin Srbu >> wrote: >> >> The only thing I'm trying to accomplish is a system which will allow me >> to >> >> keep user accounts and passwo

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

2014-01-28 Laurent Wandrebeck > > Matt Garman a écrit : > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:02 AM, Sorin Srbu > wrote: > >> The only thing I'm trying to accomplish is a system which will allow me > to > >> keep user accounts and passwords in one place, with one place only to > >> administrate. NIS

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

Matt Garman a écrit : > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:02 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> The only thing I'm trying to accomplish is a system which will allow me to >> keep user accounts and passwords in one place, with one place only to >> administrate. NIS seems to be able to do that. >> >> Comments and

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:02 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: > The only thing I'm trying to accomplish is a system which will allow me to > keep user accounts and passwords in one place, with one place only to > administrate. NIS seems to be able to do that. > > Comments and insights are much appreciated!

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On >> Behalf Of Logan McNaughton >> Sent: den 28 januari 2014 14:33 >> To: CentOS mailing list >> Subject: Re

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Logan McNaughton > Sent: den 28 januari 2014 14:33 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS or not? > > Where I work we use NIS + Kerberos (Ac

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Kaplan, Andrew H. > Sent: den 28 januari 2014 14:31 > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS or not? > > We have been using NIS for ov

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

Security is a major consideration, and even though as you say most of the traffic is local, most problems are internal as opposed to external. Pete On 01/28/2014 08:22 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: > Yeah, that last bit made me squirm over here. I don't feel good about that, > even though the linux mach

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

23 AM, "Sorin Srbu" wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > > Behalf Of Pete Geenhuizen > > Sent: den 28 januari 2014 14:12 > > To: CentOS mailing list > > Subject: Re: [CentOS]

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

[mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 4:03 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] NIS or not? Hi all, We're getting to a point in our linux environment where it's starting to be cumbersome to keep shadow and passwd-files up-to-da

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Pete Geenhuizen > Sent: den 28 januari 2014 14:12 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS or not? > > I used NIS for many years while working on S

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

On 01/28/2014 04:02 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: > Hi all, > > We're getting to a point in our linux environment where it's starting to be > cumbersome to keep shadow and passwd-files up-to-date for the users to login > on each computer. Scripts can only get us so far. 8-/ > > I've looked a bit into cent

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of anax > Sent: den 28 januari 2014 13:45 > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS or not? > > Hi Sorin > of course: you may omit the mail c

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Darod Zyree > Sent: den 28 januari 2014 13:00 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS or not? > > Use IPA. It combines LDAP with Kerberos, a serv

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

mail. suomi On 2014-01-28 13:32, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On >> Behalf Of anax >> Sent: den 28 januari 2014 12:24 >> To: centos@centos.org >> Subject: Re: [CentOS]

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of anax > Sent: den 28 januari 2014 12:24 > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS or not? > > Hi Sorin > we use here LDAP authentication and mail

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

2014-01-28 Sorin Srbu > Hi all, > > We're getting to a point in our linux environment where it's starting to be > cumbersome to keep shadow and passwd-files up-to-date for the users to > login > on each computer. Scripts can only get us so far. 8-/ > > I've looked a bit into central login systems

Re: [CentOS] NIS or not?

Hi Sorin we use here LDAP authentication and mail-control since more than 10 years. At that time, we did the conversion from passwd/shadow to LDAP using the tools on http://www.padl.com/download/ which are still available, probably in a newer version... To represent a person or a service in LDAP

[CentOS] NIS or not?

Hi all, We're getting to a point in our linux environment where it's starting to be cumbersome to keep shadow and passwd-files up-to-date for the users to login on each computer. Scripts can only get us so far. 8-/ I've looked a bit into central login systems for linux, and NIS and LDAP seem t

Re: [CentOS] NIS expiration of passwords

On Jun 28, 2012, at 4:49 PM, Michael Coffman wrote: >> I would believe this information is shared from the server to the >> other computers but here users still can connect (via SSH). If I try >> to get the information on the user connected I have: >> # chage -l USER >> user 'USER' does not exis

Re: [CentOS] NIS expiration of passwords

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Fabien Archambault < fabien.archamba...@univ-amu.fr> wrote: > Dear all, > > I have a NIS server which shares a database of users between some > computers (nodes exactly) and I would like that, on the first login, > the user changes its password. > > So, on the NIS

[CentOS] NIS expiration of passwords

Dear all, I have a NIS server which shares a database of users between some computers (nodes exactly) and I would like that, on the first login, the user changes its password. So, on the NIS server I have made: chage -d 0 USER Then: # cd /var/yp # make On the NIS server I have: chage -l USER Las

Re: [CentOS] NIS passwd and paswd.byname map encryption

Boris Epstein wrote: > Hello listmates. > > It appears that in order to authenticate a Mac OS X Lion client via NIS the > passwords in passwd and passwd.byname maps need to be MD5 encrypted. How do > I see what encryption has been used in my maps? How do I change it? I think it is the case that L

[CentOS] NIS passwd and paswd.byname map encryption

Hello listmates. It appears that in order to authenticate a Mac OS X Lion client via NIS the passwords in passwd and passwd.byname maps need to be MD5 encrypted. How do I see what encryption has been used in my maps? How do I change it? Thanks. Boris.

Re: [CentOS] NIS question

ann kok writes: > Hi > > How can we use NIS to control a user in different servers? > > eg: serverA /home/userA/javaapplication > serverB /export/home/userA/javaapplication > serverC /vol/home/javaapplication If you use NIS auto.home for home directories in general, e.g. /home/user, yo

Re: [CentOS] NIS question

On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 05:05:40PM -0700, ann kok wrote: > Hi > > How can we use NIS to control a user in different servers? > > eg: serverA /home/userA/javaapplication > serverB /export/home/userA/javaapplication > serverC /vol/home/javaapplication > > Thank you Automounter maps? I gu

Re: [CentOS] NIS question

ann kok wrote: > Hi > > How can we use NIS to control a user in different servers? > > eg: serverA /home/userA/javaapplication > serverB /export/home/userA/javaapplication > serverC /vol/home/javaapplication > > Thank you > Could you be more specific on what you are trying to do ? ___

[CentOS] NIS question

Hi How can we use NIS to control a user in different servers? eg: serverA /home/userA/javaapplication serverB /export/home/userA/javaapplication serverC /vol/home/javaapplication Thank you ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://list

Re: [CentOS] NIS failover

> Hard to believe, but certain very well known organizations refuse to get off > NIS for critical and secure systems. {{citation needed}} :-) -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie ___ CentOS mailing li

Re: [CentOS] NIS failover

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Peter Serwe wrote: > After dealing with a couple of issues with OpenLDAP, I'd say it beats the > piss out of NIS all day long. NIS is ancient and decrepit. Agreed. > Hard to believe, but certain very well known organizations refuse to get off > NIS for critical and secure s

Re: [CentOS] NIS failover

sity, can you point me to writeups of known working >exploits against current yp-family versions on CentOS? > >NIS+ is not, the last time I checked, available for Linux; if >my understanding is in er

Re: [CentOS] NIS failover

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Jason Pyeron wrote: > We just updated our configuratiosn to have multiple NIS servers, when we > initiated a test of client failover, we were disapointed. > > It seemed that the only way to get a filaover was to /etc/init.d/ypbind > restart. > > It behaves as ind

Re: [CentOS] NIS failover

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 09:51:24AM +1300, Clint Dilks wrote: > How is your /etc/yp.conf defined. NIS failover works flawlessly here if > we have /etc/yp.conf like > ypserver nis2 > ypserver nis You also need to ensure you can resolve "nis" and "nis2" without using NIS, so you may also need to th

Re: [CentOS] NIS failover

Jason Pyeron wrote: > We just updated our configuratiosn to have multiple NIS servers, when we > initiated a test of client failover, we were disapointed. > > It seemed that the only way to get a filaover was to /etc/init.d/ypbind > restart. We've been using NIS like this for years - failover wo

Re: [CentOS] NIS failover

Jason Pyeron wrote: > > > >> -Original Message- >> From: centos-boun...@centos.org >> [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Jason Pyeron >> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 14:37 >> To: 'CentOS mailing list' >> S

Re: [CentOS] NIS failover

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Jason Pyeron > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 14:37 > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > Subject: [CentOS] NIS failover > > We just updated our c

Re: [CentOS] NIS failover

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 01:50:16PM -0600, John R. Dennison wrote: > Out of curiousity, can you point me to writeups of known working > exploits against current yp-family versions on CentOS? The problem isn't an exploit of the specific tools; the whole mechanism is insecure, unless you

Re: [CentOS] NIS failover

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:44:54PM -0700, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Not one you want to hear: ditch NIS. It's known to have a *lot* of > security holes. At the very least, NIS+. Better would be either RH NIS+ is a dead product. Even Sun gave up pushing it. (Funny; in 1995 the Solaris training co

Re: [CentOS] NIS failover

ither RH > > Out of curiousity, can you point me to writeups of known working > exploits against current yp-family versions on CentOS? > > NIS+ is not, the last time I checked, available for Linux; if > my understanding is in error I would very muc

Re: [CentOS] NIS failover

exploits against current yp-family versions on CentOS? NIS+ is not, the last time I checked, available for Linux; if my understanding is in error I would very much welcome correction. John -- We cannot do

Re: [CentOS] NIS failover

> We just updated our configuratiosn to have multiple NIS servers, when we > initiated a test of client failover, we were disapointed. > > It seemed that the only way to get a filaover was to /etc/init.d/ypbind > restart. > > It behaves as indicated in > http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view

[CentOS] NIS failover

We just updated our configuratiosn to have multiple NIS servers, when we initiated a test of client failover, we were disapointed. It seemed that the only way to get a filaover was to /etc/init.d/ypbind restart. It behaves as indicated in http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id

Re: [CentOS] NIS

Ok I am done getting it up and running. Thanks a million for everybodys help Regards Per Qvindesland E-mail: p...@norhex.com [1] http://www.linkedin.com/in/perqvindesland [2] --- Original message follows --- SUBJECT: Re: [CentOS] NIS FROM:  James Pearson TO: "CentOS mailing list" D

Re: [CentOS] NIS

Per Qvindesland wrote: > Hi list > > Does anyone know about a good howto setup nis and to make ad see it > and use the usernames? I haven't actually set up NIS in the machine I'm using right now, but if I remember correctly, what you need to do to get a machine to use the usernames and passwords

Re: [CentOS] NIS

Per Qvindesland wrote: > Hi list > > Does anyone know about a good howto setup nis and to make ad see it > and use the usernames? I don't think you can get AD to 'use' NIS as a directory service, but AD can be set up as a NIS server using IDMU (Identi

[CentOS] NIS

Hi list Does anyone know about a good howto setup nis and to make ad see it and use the usernames? Regards Per Qvindesland E-mail: p...@norhex.com [1] http://www.linkedin.com/in/perqvindesland [2] Links: -- [1] http://webmail.norhex.com/# [2] http://www.linkedin.com/in/perqvindesland ___

RE: [CentOS] nis and new users

Jason Pyeron wrote: > > Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > > > Well what you have will only cover console logins via the login > > process, not GUI xdm/gdm/kdm or ssh/telnet/ftp/rsh logins. > > > > Try this: > > > > /etc/pam.d/system-auth > > #%PAM-1.0 > > # This file is auto-generated. > > # User ch

RE: [CentOS] nis and new users

Jason Pyeron wrote: > > Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > > > Jason Pyeron wrote: > > > > > > but still get: > > > > > > Last login: Tue Apr 15 11:24:57 2008 from .myvzw.com > > > Could not chdir to home directory /home/USER: No such file or > > > directory > > > -bash-3.00$ > > > > > > Any id

RE: [CentOS] nis and new users

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ross S. W. Walker > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:16 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: RE: [CentOS] nis and new users > > Well what you have will only cover cons

RE: [CentOS] nis and new users

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ross S. W. Walker > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:16 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: RE: [CentOS] nis and new users > > Jason Pyeron wrote: > > > > bu

RE: [CentOS] NIS libuser and auto-make of maps

Of Ross S. W. Walker > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:21 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: RE: [CentOS] NIS libuser and auto-make of maps > > Jason Pyeron wrote: > > > > Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > > > > > I have my NIS user/group files separat

RE: [CentOS] NIS libuser and auto-make of maps

Jason Pyeron wrote: > > Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > > > I have my NIS user/group files separate from the system user/group > > files using libuser to manage them and that works well, but I am > > trying to find a way to get libuser to invoke a 'make' of the NIS > > maps whenever it updates the ma

RE: [CentOS] nis and new users

Jason Pyeron wrote: > > Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > > > Jason Pyeron wrote: > > > > > > Every time a "new" user logs into a development box (which does not use > > > nfs > > > for the home dirs) the get could not chdir to their home dir. They call me > > > with the error and I do a: > > > > > >

RE: [CentOS] NIS libuser and auto-make of maps

s S. W. Walker Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:43 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] NIS libuser and auto-make of maps I have my NIS user/group files separate from the system user/group files using libuser to manage them and that works well, but I am trying to find a way to get libuser to

RE: [CentOS] nis and new users

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ross S. W. Walker > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:39 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: RE: [CentOS] nis and new users > > Jason Pyeron wrote: > > > >

[CentOS] NIS libuser and auto-make of maps

I have my NIS user/group files separate from the system user/group files using libuser to manage them and that works well, but I am trying to find a way to get libuser to invoke a 'make' of the NIS maps whenever it updates the master files. Is there a routine I can configure in libuser to do this,

Re: [CentOS] nis and new users

On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 10:27 -0400, Jason Pyeron wrote: > Every time a "new" user logs into a development box (which does not use nfs > for the home dirs) the get could not chdir to their home dir. They call me > with the error and I do a: > > cp -a /etc/skel/ ~USER && chown USER.users -R ~USER/ >

RE: [CentOS] nis and new users

Jason Pyeron wrote: > > Every time a "new" user logs into a development box (which does not use nfs > for the home dirs) the get could not chdir to their home dir. They call me > with the error and I do a: > > cp -a /etc/skel/ ~USER && chown USER.users -R ~USER/ > > and it is fixed. > > Is ther

[CentOS] nis and new users

Every time a "new" user logs into a development box (which does not use nfs for the home dirs) the get could not chdir to their home dir. They call me with the error and I do a: cp -a /etc/skel/ ~USER && chown USER.users -R ~USER/ and it is fixed. Is there an automated way? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Re: [CentOS] NIS and NIS+

Jason Pyeron wrote: So what is the proper way to ensure root and others password (hashes) are not sent over the lan? kerberos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

RE: [CentOS] NIS and NIS+

TECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Pearson > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:49 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS and NIS+ > > Jason Pyeron wrote: > > How can I tell if I am using NIS+? > > > > I would like the dat

Re: [CentOS] NIS and NIS+

Jason Pyeron wrote: How can I tell if I am using NIS+? I would like the data to be encrypted on the lan. I don't think NIS+ is 'supported' on Linux - see: James Pearson ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org h

[CentOS] NIS and NIS+

How can I tell if I am using NIS+? I would like the data to be encrypted on the lan. -Jason -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Sr.

Re: [CentOS] NIS/YP revelation (I think)

Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, James Pearson wrote: Scott Ehrlich wrote: I did discover tcpdump produces an ICMP host unreachable error during ypbind, but does NOT do so when ypbind is not running. I also was reminded the firewall on the server is running, but I had these exact

Re: [CentOS] NIS/YP revelation (I think)

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, James Pearson wrote: Scott Ehrlich wrote: I did discover tcpdump produces an ICMP host unreachable error during ypbind, but does NOT do so when ypbind is not running. I also was reminded the firewall on the server is running, but I had these exact problems when the fire

Re: [CentOS] NIS/YP revelation (I think)

Scott Ehrlich wrote: I did discover tcpdump produces an ICMP host unreachable error during ypbind, but does NOT do so when ypbind is not running. I also was reminded the firewall on the server is running, but I had these exact problems when the firewall was disabled. Trying to track down th

Re: [CentOS] NIS/YP revelation (I think)

I did discover tcpdump produces an ICMP host unreachable error during ypbind, but does NOT do so when ypbind is not running. I also was reminded the firewall on the server is running, but I had these exact problems when the firewall was disabled. Trying to track down the problem via google,

Re: [CentOS] NIS/YP revelation (I think)

Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, James Pearson wrote: Do you have any firewall setup on the server and/or clients? Disabled all around. What does 'rpcinfo -p' give on the server and clients? Exactly what the referenced URL says should be running. It would still be handy to s

Re: [CentOS] NIS/YP revelation (I think)

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, James Pearson wrote: Scott Ehrlich wrote: I'm using http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch30_:_Configuring_NIS as a guide and the services all show appropriately on the production server and client, and on a working test setup that is identical

Re: [CentOS] NIS/YP revelation (I think)

Scott Ehrlich wrote: I'm using http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch30_:_Configuring_NIS as a guide and the services all show appropriately on the production server and client, and on a working test setup that is identical to production. Do you have any firewall

Re: [CentOS] NIS/YP revelation (I think)

I'm using http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch30_:_Configuring_NIS as a guide and the services all show appropriately on the production server and client, and on a working test setup that is identical to production. The test setup works flawlessly. Scott On Tue

Re: [CentOS] NIS/YP revelation (I think)

On 23/10/2007, Scott Ehrlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I configured my Enterprise 5 server to have NFS configured on specific > ports via the NFS Server menu option. > > Since having done that, I am unable to get my two CentOS 5 workstations to > bind via YP. One worked just fine before the

[CentOS] NIS/YP revelation (I think)

So I configured my Enterprise 5 server to have NFS configured on specific ports via the NFS Server menu option. Since having done that, I am unable to get my two CentOS 5 workstations to bind via YP. One worked just fine before the port reconfiguration, but broke after. The other never work

Re: [CentOS] NIS problems

On 18/10/2007, Scott Ehrlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, John Allen wrote: > > > When you do the ypinit -s, what name do you provide for the server? > > > > It must match the name the server expects, so if the server host name is > > nis, > > then you > > do > > > > ypinit -s

Re: [CentOS] NIS problems

I'm at a complete loss as to what is going on. I changed kernels and disabled the video driver, removed the firewire card. NIS refuses to work on this workstation. Unless this gets figured out, I'm going to simply have to create local user accounts, then let NFS take over. It would be re

Re: [CentOS] NIS problems

Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott Ehrlich Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 3:58 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS problems On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Clint Dilks wrote: Scott Ehrlich wrote: I've got a RHEL5 server acting as a NIS/

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