NIS User account
Rigler, Steve
srigler at marathonoil.com
Tue Aug 24 11:21:41 UTC 2004
Does "getent shadow <username>" and "getent passwd <username>" give
you different information on the machines where the user can login
and the one where they cannot?
-Steve
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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Dege, Robert C.
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 6:18 AM
To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'
Subject: RE: NIS User account
Yes, the machines can see each other & login prompts are appearing when
initiating a connection. I should also mention that other NIS accounts
can login to both machines without any problems. It's just this
specific account that is causing problems.
-Rob
> > ..... I also tried over ssh & telnet, but to no avail.
> Do(es) the machine(s) ask you to logon? Can all the machines
> on the network
> ping each other? Have you enabled telnet and ssh xinetd services?
>
> Have you run authconfig and enabled yp/NIS authentication?
> The Use NIS tab
> should be ticked and Domain and server information should be
> filled out.
>
> James
>
>
> --- "Dege, Robert C." <robert.dege at ngc.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I am need of assistance. I have an NIS user account that
> can logon to one
> > machine, but is unable to logon to another. Both NIS
> clients share the
> > same NIS master, and are in the same domain.
> >
> > I ran a ypmatch against the user, and NIS entry is
> identical from both
> > machines. A finger on the NIS account from both systems
> shows identical
> > information, along with a valid shell.
> >
> > Upon failed authentication, /var/log/messages shows a
> PASSWORD INCORRECT
> > message on system-2. I also tried over ssh & telnet, but
> to no avail.
> >
> > Both systems are redhat 7.2.
> >
> > -Rob
> >
> >
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