Problems with NIS on RedHat Enterprise 5.3 system.

[Reber, Simon]

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-----
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>[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.
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>
>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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