grand, that worked, many thanks On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:47:03 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 14:11 +0000, Chris Hembrow wrote: > > Hi > > > > when i change any details on my NIS server, I can't get them refreshed > > to the client. the server is redhat 9, and the client is FC3. if i > > change either the password or (in this case) the login shell, nothing > > happens. running ypcat passwd on the client shows the old details, as > > does ypcat -h localhost passwd on the NIS server itself. > > > > any ideas here? > > You should be able to force an update by running "cd /var/yp; make" on > the NIS master server. > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >