Re: NIS passwords

[Peter Ross <petdr@cs.mu.OZ.AU>]

On 11-Jan-2000, Robert Marlow <rmarlow@tartarus.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> hello ppl
> 
> how do i tell if my NIS passwords are working correctly? atm i have
> passwords on both the local machines and the NIS server but i can't tell
> if user logins are being authenticated by the local machine or the NIS server.
> 
Delete the entries from /etc/passwd on the local machine (not on the
server, as it uses the passwd file to keep its database upto date)
and see if you can login.

Use `ypcat passwd' to see the passwd file that NIS uses, when you are
debugging the connection.

Pete.