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Re: problem: client/server file sharing



Michael J Devine wrote:
> 
> I am running debian Linux on a two machine lab... One server, one client.
> I installed the nis, netbase, and netstd packages, and followed
> nis.debian.howto to set up my net. However, when I add users to the master
> machine, the client does not recognize them as valid users.  Is there
> something I need to do in the etc/passwd file to get the client to
> recognize the users and passwords?
> 
> Any help appreciated...
> 
> Mike Devine
> Eastern Washington University

Wait, I lied! The docs say that you don't have to put the '+' line
at the end of /etc/passwd.

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Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com


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