UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi all,
I use a sparc 1000 Enterprice server with solaris 5.8 as nis server.
I´am able to login as root user on the server and switch after
that to any other user (If I am switch as root user) . So far so good.
But if i try a

rlogin server -l user_name
or
su - user (if I am no root user)

and enter the right password I get always the erro message:

Login incorrect
or
su: Sorry

I verify the password and change it to standard one but nothing happens. Using another user .. no result.

This happens after we transport the server to a other location.
In my opinion all relevant prozesses are running.

thanks for every info or hint.
joerg

are you able to see the maps on the other servers

$ ypcat hosts

if you can. are the map correctly exported from the master server ?

it seems to me that the user you are trying to su in to is not in your /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files

the root user password is in /etc/shadow that why root user can log on.

To be able to su to any other users you need the following entry in /etc/passwd file

+username::::::

or

+@nisgroup::::::

Note
The above informs the server to check nis(yp file) for users rather than the local /etc/passwd

username will be the username on the person you want to su in to
nisgroup will be group the user belong to

after any modification in password or user's info that refers to passwd file you should run:

#/usr/ccs/bin/make
that propagates modifiactions in related maps.
Rgrds,
nikk

Hi all

To MrOrange:
My Test system have only on NIS master and no other slave server. So I try to login on the niss masterserver with my one login name and password. I`am able to use ypcat hosts or ypcat passwd the output of this commands are complete with all hosts all users and so on.

To Hassan2:
All users are not only present as nis usres. I can find all relevant entry´s in the local passwd or shadow.

To nikk:
If you use as root user
passwd name_of_user
the system change both the local passwd and the nis yppasswd.


Thanks all,
but I try this now for the 10th time and I don´t now why but now the problem isn´t yet present.
The server have 1 day time to solve the mistake alone because I´am an a meating in another office and he has used this time.
regards joerg



removed extra blank lines for readability --oombera

what happens when you logging to a NIS-client workstaion as root. And you use the follwing command.

#ypcat passwd

the output had to be a password file output from the NIS-map with lives on you NIS-master (since you do not have NIS-slaves installed)