Re: NIS and groups

[Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct@mit.edu>]

Peter Ross wrote:

> On 03-Dec-1999, Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct@mit.edu> wrote:
> [snip]
> > How do I set things up so that either it will recognize group
> > memberships on the NIS server, or else allow me to add NIS users to
> > local groups?  Do I need to eliminate local groups like floppy, mail,
> > etc?
> >
> You are in luck, I just set NIS up yesterday, and encountered a similar
> problem.
>
> In /var/yp/Makefile, you need to set MINGID to be some lower value to
> get the groups with smaller group ids, being shared across the systems.

Thank you very much, this worked perfectly!

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