NIS Setup Issue

Christopher Angel Christopher.Angel at lightsource.ca
Thu Feb 8 16:11:48 UTC 2007


> 
> You might have a negative passwd or group entry cached via 
> nscd. You can invalidate the lookup cache by doing "nscd -i 
> passwd" followed by "nscd -i group". Then do getent passwd 
> $username and see if the lookup succeeds.
> 

No joy.  It still comes up with the local password list.  It's like it's
not even bothering to check the NIS maps.

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Christopher Angel, B.E., B.Sc.     IT Systems Analyst
Christopher.Angel at lightsource.ca
Phone: 306-657-3719                Fax: 306-657-3535
Canadian Light Source Inc          www.lightsource.ca




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