NIS login class

[diogenes]

Hello everyone.

I have a NIS client that is working fine. However, on this particular client I want to change the NIS users shell when they login. I have edited /etc/login.conf and changed default: to have :shell=/bin/bash and ran # cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf to rebuild, but my NIS users still login with their NIS defined shell.

The only thing I can think of is that NIS users use a different login class than default, but that does not seem likely. Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers.

 

[diogenes]

I was able to resolve the issue. I needed to edit /etc/passwd to be:

+:*::::::::/bin/bash

I tried to edit the section that sets the login class, but for some reason that did not take. Not sure why the shell edit worked and the class did't, but I am working now, so I am happy.