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Authentication
Step 1 - Start up the following command:
# /usr/sbin/ypbind
Step 2 - Display the NIS server name.
Display the name of NIS server by running the following command:
# /usr/bin/ypwhich
Step 3 - Display the “all users” entry.
Displays the all users' entry in the NIS database by running the following
command:
# /usr/bin/ypcat -t passwd.byname
Step 4 - Display the user's entry in the NIS passwd file.
# /usr/bin/ypmatch -t <userid/username> passwd.byname
If the preceding steps were performed successfully, you now need to change the
/etc/inittab file by uncommenting the line that performs a ypbind upon startup.
nsswitch.conf file format
The /etc/nsswitch.conf file has the following format:
<database> : <service> [ <actions> <service> ]
where:
<database> - available: aliases, ethers, group, hosts, netgroup, network, passwd,
protocols, publickey, rpc, services and shadow
<service> - available: nis (use NIS version 2), dns (use Domain Name Service) and files
(use the local files)
<actions> - Has this format: [ <status> = <action> ]
where:
<status> = SUCCESS, NOTFOUND, UNAVAIL or TRYAGAIN
<action> = return or continue
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SUCCESS - No error occurred and the desired entry is returned. The default action
for this status is 'return'
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NOTFOUND - The lookup process works fine, but the needed value was not
found. The default action for this status is “continue.”