tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955042.post-1118221485125498352005-06-08T01:58:00.000-07:002005-06-08T02:04:45.130-07:00IRIX (AFAIK) has no direct support (I mean a GUI tool) to manage the use of NIS for passwd and groups - you can just turn NIS client on and configure the host resolution order.<br />So take care that nsswitch.conf is set up correctly (usually, it is!) and the /etc/passwd and /etc/group contains +::::: (or +:::) in the last line (or something similar ;-))<br />Otherwise you will have the problem that ypcat passwd delivers the expected useres, but non of these users can log in (<span style="font-style:italic;">Unknown user id</span>).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6955042-111822148512549835?l=unixadminsdiary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Blue.Balloonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243598108616566239noreply@blogger.com0