trouble with /etc/passwd

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2 total messages Started by J. Andrew Groome Mon, 04 Jan 1993 16:12

#6972

Author: J. Andrew Groome
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 16:12

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My limited understanding of how the NIS passwd file works led me to believe
that the local passwd file would be read sequentially looking for the desired 
key until a + entry was found, at this point it would look to the NIS maps.
 
I have found that in our network, on a SPARC (slave), if it's ethernet is 
DISconected, I can't login as one of the local users, such as sync.  
Here is an example of what my /etc/passwd looks like:
 
root:XXrTa8L5oqk:0:1:Operator:/:/bin/csh
sys:*:2:2::/:/bin/csh
bin:*:3:3::/bin:
sync::1:1::/:/bin/sync
+::0:0:::
 
 
Can anybody tell me why this hangs when I try to login as as one of the users
listed before the line starting with '+' ?  Is this slave trying to do some
type of NIS lookup?
 
Much thanks.

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J. Andrew Groome (GTE Federal Systems): Andy.Groome@oasis.gtefsd.com
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Re: trouble with /etc/passwd

#6973

Author: Barry Margolin
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 20:23

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In article <1993Jan4.161256.10199@europa.asd.contel.com> groome@oxmyx.lab writes:
>I have found that in our network, on a SPARC (slave), if it's ethernet is 
>DISconected, I can't login as one of the local users, such as sync.  

When you login with NIS enabled, it also looks in the netid.byname NIS map
in order to get your groups.
-- 
Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

barmar@think.com          {uunet,harvard}!think!barmar

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