redhat 7.2 NIS+ client

[Scott Mewett]

That really shouldn't be required since this the following is already in
the nisplus script:


# Get config.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

<snip>

DOMAINNAME=`domainname`
if [ "$DOMAINNAME" = "(none)" -o "$DOMAINNAME" = "" ]; then
   if [ -n "$NISDOMAIN" ]; then
   action $"Setting NIS domain name $NISDOMAIN: " domainname $NISDOMAIN
   else
   exit 1
   fi
fi


I have this working on 7.1 - 7.3.

Scott


On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 15:10, Morong, Gerry wrote:
> 
> Edit /etc/init.d/nisplus and add the following to the top of the script.
> 
> /bin/nisdomainname cgc.columbia.edu
> 
> 
> Gerry Morong
> ISSG Electronic Design Automation 
> Hewlett-Packard Company 
> gerry.morong at hp.com
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Kristen J. McFadden [mailto:kjm31 at genome5.cpmc.columbia.edu] 
> Sent:	Monday, June 24, 2002 4:59 PM
> To:	linux-nisplus at lists.samba.org
> Subject:	RE: redhat 7.2 NIS+ client
> 
> Hey All,
> 
> I *almost* have it running.  Thanks much for the tips.  
> 
> Here's my only problem:
> 
> I can get it to bind to the NIS+ server, finger users, login, everything
> BUT I cannot get it to load properly on reboot.
> 
> When I reboot I do see "Starting NIS+ Services... [OK]"
> but when I finger a user after logging in as root it says "no such user".
> 
> I then do 
> /etc/init.d/nisplus stop
> domainname cgc.columbia.edu
> /etc/init.d/nisplus start
> 
> and it works!
> 
> I have a file /etc/defaultdomain with cgc.columbia.edu -- is there someplace else where I can specify it properly??
> 
> Another thread said to put "NISDOMAIN=cgc.columbia.edu" in my /etc/sysconfig/network file, I tried that, no dice either.
> 
> 
> Thanks a million,
> Kristen
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Edwards [mailto:Robert.Edwards at anu.edu.au]
> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 4:41 PM
> To: Kristen J. McFadden
> Cc: linux-nisplus at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: redhat 7.2 NIS+ client
> 
> 
> "Kristen J. McFadden" wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am completely new to NIS+ and have inherited a Solaris 8 NIS+ server.  We have some new Linux (redhat 7.2) boxes and we want to set them up as NIS+ clients to this server.  However, I'm not even sure where to begin.
> > 
> > I read a post from back in December where the respondent suggested NOT to use the nis-utils-1.4 release -- instead to use 1.3, and I am wondering if people have been able to use the latest nis-utils-1.4.1 release and make it work.
> > 
> > I downloaded and compiled nis-utils-1.4.1 on a test redhat 7.2 box.
> > 1. What do I have to do on the Solaris server machine to make it work?
> > 2. I don't think I need a pam-aware login.  I guess then I wouldn't have to compile the pam_unix stuff -- or is it a requirement for nisplus support?
> > 3.  Any other pointers for how to set it up properly?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Kristen
> 
> 
> I think that I may have been the respondent who suggested NOT using
> nis-utils-1.4. We have been using nis-utils-1.4.1 with both RH7.2 and
> RH7.3 all year with no problems at all.
> 
> On the solaris machine, run the nisclient command to create a credential
> for your Linux client (need to have an entry in the hosts.org_dir map on
> the server first for the IP address of the Linux client).
> 
> Once you have the nis-utils compiled and installed and the credential
> set up on the server, set up the domainname, copy over a good copy
> of /var/nis/NIS_COLDSTART from a Solaris client or elsewhere, run the
> keyserv process and then run chkey -p to set up the /etc/.rootkey file.
> 
> Once those steps are complete, you should be able to run nisdefaults
> and get a response that _doesn't_ include the string "(not authenticated)"
> on the end of the first line.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bob Edwards.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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