<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.0.9"> </HEAD> <BODY> Bevan, Thanks for responding... <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE>What's in your /etc/nsswitch.conf file?</PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> The contents are listed below.... <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> I apologize for joining late and not having all the details of the original problem handy, but with the archive down I'm stuck with what</PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> I noticed the archives were down. That was my first stop before I moved to google... <PRE># # /etc/nsswitch.conf # # An example Name Service Switch config file. This file should be # sorted with the most-used services at the beginning. # # The entry '[NOTFOUND=return]' means that the search for an # entry should stop if the search in the previous entry turned # up nothing. Note that if the search failed due to some other reason # (like no NIS server responding) then the search continues with the # next entry. # # Legal entries are: # # nisplus or nis+ Use NIS+ (NIS version 3) # nis or yp Use NIS (NIS version 2), also called YP # dns Use DNS (Domain Name Service) # files Use the local files # db Use the local database (.db) files # compat Use NIS on compat mode # hesiod Use Hesiod for user lookups # [NOTFOUND=return] Stop searching if not found so far # # To use db, put the "db" in front of "files" for entries you want to be # looked up first in the databases # # Example: #passwd: db files nisplus nis #shadow: db files nisplus nis #group: db files nisplus nis passwd: files shadow: files group: files #hosts: db files nisplus nis dns hosts: files dns # Example - obey only what nisplus tells us... #services: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #networks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #protocols: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #rpc: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #ethers: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #netmasks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files bootparams: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files ethers: files netmasks: files networks: files protocols: files rpc: files services: files netgroup: files publickey: nisplus automount: files aliases: files nisplus <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> Gary Waters <A HREF="http://www.imagestation.com/members/gswsnakes">http://www.imagestation.com/members/gswsnakes</A> ICQ# 110737295 Windows Messenger (MSN): waters_gary@hotmail.com Yahoo Messenger: Atherisdoode </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </PRE> </BODY> </HTML>