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Re: How to log at a NIS client with local user?



Markos wrote:
> For the first time, I configured a NIS service on a small network.
> 
> Now I observed that if the NIS server is turned off, the NIS client can
> not load the login screen. So I'm not able to log even as local user in
> client nis machine.

Note that if the client is truly a thin client and home directories
and everything are remote on the nfs server then I think it makes
sense that the client _needs_ the server to perform its function.

> What can I do to login as local user in a client nis machine when the
> nis server is off?
> 
> Is it possible?

See my response here:

  http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/02/msg00440.html

Bob

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