Re: Looking for a package, but don't know what to call it
Markus Fischer wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 02:53:18PM -0400, Mike Werner wrote :
> > Now, from any of those labs when you logon, you basically get
> > connected automatically to naur. All of the account info is (I presume)
> > stored on naur as well.
>
> This basically sounds like NIS (Network Information
> System).
It does seem to be what I was looking for ... thanks for the pointer. Now
I've another question - how in the hell does this thing work?!? The docs
that come with the package are a joke. I've read and reread the NIS-HOWTO a
number of times now to no avail. Everything seems to be running, but I just
can *not* figure out how to get my laptop (the NIS client) to realize that
the login I'm trying to do is over on the desktop box (the NIS server). I
went through and did the adduser on the desktop, did the diddling with
/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow as per the HOWTO, but the laptop still gives me
the Login incorrect message every time. I'm not even seeing an attempt at
network traffic from the laptop when I try and login.
Anyone here ever gotten NIS working? I sure can't.
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