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hughJ

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Registered: 2012-05-05

Posts: 4

NIS client

I've Googled my fingers sore and can't solve this one.

I have a Slackware 12.0 server in my classroom with 10 PCs running either Ubuntu, Lubuntu or Xubuntu. Pupils log on with NIS and then have their home directories on the server shared by NFS. Works great!

I recently decided to try SliTaz 4.0 and am stunned by the speed!! This is what we need. It is superb. So I installed it on the hard drive of a test client PC, then installed the portmap, nfs, ypbind and yp-tools. I can mount shares on the server - great. But I cannot get loggins to work. ypcat passwd, ypwhich, ypmatch nisuser passwd work great. su and id do not find a match - unknown user. I have spent a while on this and I'm used to setting up NIS. I have tinkered with nsswitch.conf, hosts, put all the +...s in passwd, group and shadow.

I set up a server at home to test and see if its a school server error. My dual (at least) boot computer can login to my server in Xubuntu but gives the same problems as at school when booted into SliTaz.

Any NIS on SliTaz expert out there?

Hugh

bellard

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Registered: 2011-03-28

Posts: 657

Re: NIS client

Use rpcbind and not portmap.

hughJ

Member

Registered: 2012-05-05

Posts: 4

Re: NIS client

A huge thank you Bellard for getting back to me - I have tried that but its still the same. Here is some info-

root@slitaz:/home/hugh# rpcbind

root@slitaz:/home/hugh# rpcinfo -p localhost

   program vers proto   port  service

    100000    4   tcp    111  portmapper

    100000    3   tcp    111  portmapper

    100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper

    100000    4   udp    111  portmapper

    100000    3   udp    111  portmapper

    100000    2   udp    111  portmapper

root@slitaz:/home/hugh# ypdomainname hugh-IBM

root@slitaz:/home/hugh# ypbind -debug

1582: parsing config file

1582: Trying entry: ypserver    192.168.1.5

1582: parsed ypserver 192.168.1.5

1582: add_server() domain: hugh-IBM, host: 192.168.1.5, slot: 0

1582: [Welcome to ypbind-mt, version 1.31]

1582: ping interval is 20 seconds

1584: ping host '192.168.1.5', domain 'hugh-IBM'

1584: Answer for domain 'hugh-IBM' from server '192.168.1.5'

1584: Pinging all active servers.

1584: Pinging all active servers.

1584: Pinging all active servers.

1582: ypbindproc_domain_2_svc (hugh-IBM)

1582: Pinging all active servers.

1582: YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN: server '192.168.1.5', port 1021

1582: Status: YPBIND_SUCC_VAL

1584: Pinging all active servers.

1584: Pinging all active servers.

hugh@slitaz:~$ rpcinfo -p localhost

   program vers proto   port  service

    100000    4   tcp    111  portmapper

    100000    3   tcp    111  portmapper

    100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper

    100000    4   udp    111  portmapper

    100000    3   udp    111  portmapper

    100000    2   udp    111  portmapper

    100007    2   udp    912  ypbind

    100007    1   udp    912  ypbind

    100007    2   tcp    915  ypbind

    100007    1   tcp    915  ypbind

hugh@slitaz:~$ ypcat passwd

hugh:x:1000:1000::/home/hugh:/bin/bash

fred:x:1001:100::/home/fred:/bin/sh

hugh@slitaz:~$ ypmatch fred passwd

fred:x:1001:100::/home/fred:/bin/sh

hugh@slitaz:~$ ypwhich

192.168.1.5

hugh@slitaz:~$ id fred

id: unknown user fred

hugh@slitaz:~$ su fred

su: unknown user fred

hugh@slitaz:~$

Sorry if I'm bothering you - I'm lost!

Hugh

hughJ

Member

Registered: 2012-05-05

Posts: 4

Re: NIS client

I'll try bringing this to notice again. I am wondering if the person who built the packages yp-tools and ypbind-mt could be contacted to see how they set up SliTaz as an NIS client. Is it possible?

Hugh