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Re: NIS problem

> I've got a problem accessing a NIS-Server (running on Suse) with a 
> NIS-Client (Debian testing).
> After doing a 'su - user' or simply logging in as user I get a
> 'I have no name!@galileo:~$'.
>
> My yp.conf and nsswitch.conf are the same like on the other 
> Suse-NIS-Clients.
> In /etc/passwd the last line is '+::::::'.
> In /etc/shadow '+::::::::' and in /etc/group '+:::'.

These ancient style '+::::::::' entries are not needed. 

Configure according to the Debian machine's
/usr/share/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto.gz, which works for me using
client, master and slave configurations.

Alexis
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