K kasuistry Aug 4, 2010 #1 I follow the official webpage to setup a NIS client. "ypcat passwd" shows me the correct password information but "finger account" warns me the error message "No such user". Where is possibly going wrong? Thanks in advance, kasuistry
I follow the official webpage to setup a NIS client. "ypcat passwd" shows me the correct password information but "finger account" warns me the error message "No such user". Where is possibly going wrong? Thanks in advance, kasuistry
DutchDaemon Administrator Staff member Administrator Moderator Developer Aug 4, 2010 #2 I think this (or something similar) still applies: http://uw713doc.sco.com/en/NET_nis/nisC.passwd.html (in FreeBSD, that would be /etc/master.passwd, and an /etc/passwd generated from it my mkdb)
I think this (or something similar) still applies: http://uw713doc.sco.com/en/NET_nis/nisC.passwd.html (in FreeBSD, that would be /etc/master.passwd, and an /etc/passwd generated from it my mkdb)
OP K kasuistry Aug 4, 2010 Thread Starter #3 It works for me. Thank you. Btw, mkdb should be pwd_mkdb. Another reference, http://www.bsdcertification.org/downloads/user_management.pdf
It works for me. Thank you. Btw, mkdb should be pwd_mkdb. Another reference, http://www.bsdcertification.org/downloads/user_management.pdf
