On 6/17/05, Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 16:15 +0100, Dan Track wrote: > > Hi > > > > Got a slight problem on my workstation. Basically when fedora boots up > > sometimes NIS doesn't get started, so when the login prompt appears I > > try to login as any user even root but the system won't let me in. The > > only way in is to reboot and hope NIS works or reboot to single user > > mode and turn of NIS. Does anyone know why I can't login in as root > > when NIS is down even though the root password in stored on my > > workstation and not in NIS. > > > > Thanks > > Dan > > Please post /etc/nsswitch.conf > > Thomas > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Hi Thanks for all the replies. I don't use the gui to add NIS, I use the Authentication section under the ncurses "setup" program. Here's my nsswitch.conf # # /etc/nsswitch.conf # # An example Name Service Switch config file. This file should be # sorted with the most-used services at the beginning. # # The entry '[NOTFOUND=return]' means that the search for an # entry should stop if the search in the previous entry turned # up nothing. Note that if the search failed due to some other reason # (like no NIS server responding) then the search continues with the # next entry. # # Legal entries are: # # nisplus or nis+ Use NIS+ (NIS version 3) # nis or yp Use NIS (NIS version 2), also called YP # dns Use DNS (Domain Name Service) # files Use the local files # db Use the local database (.db) files # compat Use NIS on compat mode # hesiod Use Hesiod for user lookups # [NOTFOUND=return] Stop searching if not found so far # # To use db, put the "db" in front of "files" for entries you want to be # looked up first in the databases # # Example: #passwd: db files nisplus #shadow: db files nisplus #group: db files nisplus passwd: files nis shadow: files nis group: files nis #passwd: compat #shadow: compat #group: compat #hosts: db files nisplus nis dns hosts: files nis dns # Example - obey only what nisplus tells us... #services: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #networks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #protocols: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #rpc: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #ethers: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #netmasks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files bootparams: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files ethers: files netmasks: files networks: files protocols: files nis rpc: files services: files nis netgroup: files nis publickey: nisplus automount: files nis aliases: files Thanks Dan
