nis group name appear as gid at client site

[Justin Rush]

Nis will only export gid's and uid's over 500

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 francisk at auston.com wrote:

> Hi ! Nis user
> I am using debian 3 for nis server and client.
> I have setup nis server and client working but I have one problem.
> It seem that the etc/group at nis server is not propagate to client. 
> Even after i do "make" at /var/yp.
> 
> At client,  when I type "ll"
> 
> drw------ 8 it 101 4096 Aug 13 12:25 it
> 
> At server, when I type "ll"	
> 
> drw------ 8 it MIS 4096 Aug 13 12:25 it
> 
> The GID for MIS is 101. How can make the client to appear Group 
> Name (MIS) instead of Group ID (101).
> 
> Appreciate if you can help.
> 
> x2000koh
> 

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Justin Rush
Technical Specialist
Internet Scout Project
jrush at scout.wisc.edu