Re: NIS with shadow passwords

[Rodrigo Morais Araujo <rma@hotlink.com.br>]

Richard Cobbe wrote:

> Lo, on Thursday, January 25, Nate Amsden did write:
>
> > Pedro Pereira wrote:
> >
> > > Hi.
> > > I have NIS installed and working good on my LAN.
> > > But I'd like to install shadow passwords as well.
> > > I've tried it, but as I compile the NIS maps, the users aren't no longer
> > > able to login :(
> > > Could somebody please help me?
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > use NIS+ ..i believe the NIS with linux does not support shadow.
> > although i am
> > not aware of a NIS+ solution that is debianized in stable.
>
>
> Is this the NIS server, or the NIS client?  I'm about to try installing
> potato on a machine at work, and I need to be able to work off our MIS
> department's NIS server on a Solaris box upstairs.  This works just fine
> with RH 6.2, so I'm guessing it'll be fine with potato, but confirmation
> before the install would be nice.
>
> Will that work?
>
> Richard
  I got this problem a moth ago, the error began when I tried to make 
the NIS maps. But I edited a Makefile turnig on some think about 
"merging shadown files" (I don't remember more and I don't have the 
system more).

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