[TriLUG] Linux and NIS question

Jon Carnes jonc at nc.rr.com
Thu Oct 3 11:36:51 EDT 2002


/etc/nsswitch.conf

On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 11:24, Matt Hoover wrote:
> All,
> I have a quick question about setting up a Linux
> box in an NIS environment. I have a Red Hat 
> Linux 7.1 box, and I am having trouble logging 
> in as an NIS user. The ypwich command correctly
> Displays the yp server, and ypcat passwd correctly
> lists the user names. The piece that I am forgetting
> is how to tell the login system to also look in
> the NIS catalog. If someone could point me to the
> correct config file, I would appreciate it.
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> --matt hoover





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