On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, John Madden wrote:
> On (08/04/04 11:23), Paul Kelly didst pronounce:
> > 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 +:::::: when this is added and I reboot
> > I can log on as the
> > users created on my server but not su.
> >
> I could be wrong here, but from what I remember of NIS from when we ran
> it on Skynet, the +:::::: line should be at the _bottom_ of the
> /etc/passwd file. That's the line that basically says "You should check
> NIS for anything you're looking for that wasn't before this line".
>> - --
> Chat ya later,
>> John.
Yep. Used to run it at home. The +:::::: line defo goes *after* all the
local accounts like root, apache, bin etc. It's exactly like John said.
Murf...
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