Ciao Carlos Laviola, > Jul 24 18:24:51 apache login[21531]: FAILED LOGIN (1) on `tty6' FOR `claviola', Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info. what does ypcat passwd says? any error at boot time? (or when you run /etc/init.d/nis start) and rpcinfo -p localhost ? -- Paolo Pedaletti, Como, ITALYa www.fastflow.it/~paolop paolop@matapp.unimib.it