On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Paul Kelly wrote:
> Still have trouble with NIS. I think that the problem happens when
> I add to the top of the /etc/passwd file on the client this +::::::
> Is there a way around this
yes, ignore all documentation that tells you to add things to
/etc/passwd to get NIS to work, because that documentation is _way_
out of date. Use nsswitch.conf.
> Paul
regards,
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