1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I'm setting up NIS+ on Solaris 8 for Intel. None of the books I have explain how to add a new user in the NIS+ envoirnment. Can somebody explain this and are there any url's to get more info. I have populated the nis tables and can do an niscat of the passwd table. There is an nisgrpadd command... (2 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I need to change the UID numbers of many NIS users, is there any command to modify the UID in NIS maps ? ( like usermod) so that their file permissions will be same even with their new UID. If not, how to check all the files owned by particular user in a computer and change the... (1 Reply)

3. Red Hat

Friends , I cannot upgrade or add any package in RHEL 5 using 'package manager' GUI tools . When I run the 'package manager' tool then in BROWSE tab , it shows nothing . I try it inserting the RHEL5 DVD in the DVD-Rom . But the condition is the same . Would anybody plz tell me , How can I... (4 Replies)

4. Solaris

my qustion is, nis is centralised server.how to login nis user in client system in console (CDE)login (2 Replies)

5. Solaris

Hi can anyone help me how to create a NIS user by editing the files like Passwd,group, Netgroup,auto.home and Aliases using the "enis" utility? Please do the needful................................ (4 Replies)

6. Solaris

i want create user in NIS+ with root previligation. Someone please provide full steps. (1 Reply)

7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi, How to remove the allocate SAN Lun on the Linux Server. I am using rhel 5.8. I have assigned a LUN to the existing Volume group. For eg: I have allocated a LUN with 20GB to the existing volume group(test123). Now, how can I take back the allocated lun without any issues. (1 Reply)

8. Red Hat

Hi all, I have a 2 node rhel 5.5 cluster (2 server and 1 quorum disk). I created 2 cluster resources using Luci web console, they are 2 Volume Groups. I want to remove that cluster and shutdown node 2, but I don't want to loose data on Volume Groups clustered. How can I remove that... (0 Replies)

9. Solaris

ypcat passwd | grep "user" - shows the user userdel "user" says "user does not exist" What am I doing wrong? (1 Reply)