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Re: [seul-edu] Alternatives to NIS
David,
I tried again and got partial
success. The error messages had to do with missing files as make was doing its
thing. There are no instructions with NIS, so I looked at the Makefile and
figured out that a lot of files that were in /var/yp/NISdomaindirectory had to
be copied to /etc. It would have been nice if there had been some documentation
saying so. I figured it out by trial and error. After a reboot it is "sort
of" working.
When I add users, do I use
the regular adduser command, or is there a special version for NIS? I added a
couple but when I login as root and try to give them a yppassword, the message
comes up that I am an unknown user (ID 01). Do I first have to add a password
for the user with the regular passwd program, or what? And how do I get NIS to
recognize me as root?
Thanks for the
assistance.
Your error messages are a total
mystery to me, given that you didn't bother
to quote them. My ESP isn't
working well today, but I'll have a go...
If it's saying 'Entering
directory /root' you need to set your
nisdomainname first:
#
nisdomainname my-domain-name
Now run make in the /var/yp directory.
It'll whinge about not being able to
update the local ypserv - hardly a
surprise if you haven't started ypserv
yet.
If it complains about
missing files, it's probably stuff you don't need
(mine complains about
the absence of /etc/aliases). Edit /var/yp/Makefile
and remove the
offending dependency from the 'all' target.
Now start your yp server:
# service ypserv start.
These instructions are based on RH7,
but most systems will be similar
enough that you can work it
out.
--
dwmw2