Problems with NIS on RedHat Enterprise 5.3 system.

[Margaret Doll]

That entry has been edited.   Thanks.

On Mar 17, 2009, at 8:44 AM, Reber, Simon wrote:

> Did you edit the file /etc/sysconfig/authconfig?
>
> This is mandatory to have NIS properly running.
> The entry "USENIS=yes" (without the quote) must exist to use NIS.
>
> Cheers,
> Si
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
>> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Margaret Doll
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 1:35 PM
>> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>> Subject: Re: Problems with NIS on RedHat Enterprise 5.3 system.
>>
>>
>> On Mar 16, 2009, at 5:54 PM, Barry Brimer wrote:
>>
>>> Quoting Margaret Doll <Margaret_Doll at brown.edu>:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>>> From: Margaret Doll <Margaret_Doll at brown.edu>
>>>>> Date: March 16, 2009 4:10:23 PM EDT
>>>>> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list at redhat.com>
>>>>> Subject: Problems with NIS on RedHat Enterprise 5.3  system.
>>>>> Reply-To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>> <redhat-list at redhat.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I need documentation  on NIS client for an RH Enterprise
>> 5.3 system.
>>>>> Also  please send any suggestions as to what we have   
>>>>> misconfigured
>>>>> on our client.
>>>>>
>>>>> We have a 2.6.18-128.1.1.el5xen system on which we are trying to
>>>>> configure NIS  client software.
>>>>> Our NIS server is a Solaris system running  SunOS 5.8.
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> Did you use system-config-authentication so that all
>> necessary files
>>> would be
>>> modified, or did you modify files by hand?
>>
>> I modified by hand.    I tried to open the system-config-network on
>> this particular system, but apparently there is a bug in the gui
>> program.  I also like to modify the files by hand, so I can have a
>> better understanding of the process.   We maintain various types of
>> operating systems here.  Guis change with the systems, but the basic
>> unix structure stays the same.
>>
>>
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