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# 1  
Old 10-21-2003
Quotas and NIS
Has anyone ever used disk quotas with NIS? I tried to implement it the normal way but since the users only exist in NIS and not in the local passwd file when i try the edquota command it cannot find the user.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 10-21-2003
use the edquota command to set quota on the NIS master
# 3  
Old 10-22-2003
I was running edquota from the master and getting the error that the user could not be found. I think it is looking for local users not nis users. The passwd and shadow file that i use to build the NIS maps with is not located in /etc but another place based on suns recommendation. The only thing i havent tried is to log on to the master server with a NIS admin account and run edquota. Ill give that a shot.
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Old 10-22-2003
I don't think that is what sun recommended??

your passwd and shadow file should always be in /etc and passwd map file sholud be build in /var/yp/ypfiles

can users authenticate using NIS?
# 5  
Old 10-22-2003
I got it working. The server was configured as a NIS master server and would accept NIS autenication request ,however, the server itself was not using NIS. I changed the nsswitch file to use NIS.

This is a quote from the Solaris 9 administration guide. This is why i placed my passwd and shadow files in another directory.

Quote:
For security reasons, the files used to build the NIS password maps should not contain an entry for root, to prevent unauthorized root access. Therefore, the password maps should not be built from the files located in the master server's /etc directory. The password files used to build the password maps should have the root entry removed from them and be located in a directory that can be protected from unauthorized access.
there's more on this page http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-4077/...k?q=NIS&a=view
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