Hi, On Tue, Apr 25, Glenn Johnson wrote:

I am trying to get my SuSE Linux 6.3 system set up as an NIS client. The NIS server is a FreeBSD system, using DES encrypted passwords. I have ypbind running on the SuSE system, it is binding to the NIS domain and I can ypcat the maps. However, logins fail with authentication failures. I am assuming that this has something to do with shadow passwords but I am not sure what to do. FreeBSD uses shadow passwords and those are stored in master.passwd.byname and master.passwd.byuid maps. There are also ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This are not "shadow" passwords, this is a special hack from FreeBSD which is not supported by other Unix versions.

passwd.byname and passwd.byuid maps for non-shadowed passwords. I copied the /etc/nsswitch.nis file over to /etc/nsswitch.conf to make sure that nis was being used.

I am sure there must be a simple answer to this.

Yes, don't use OS specific NIS maps. Shadow over NIS is not compatible between different Unix versions. Thorsten -- Thorsten Kukuk http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/ kukuk@suse.de SuSE GmbH Schanzaeckerstr. 10 90443 Nuernberg Linux is like a Vorlon. It is incredibly powerful, gives terse, cryptic answers and has a lot of things going on in the background. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/