Questions tagged [nis]

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Using NIS client in Ubuntu 18.04 crashes both Gnome and Unity

I run NIS clients in Ubuntu desktop in our student labs. As part of our summer project, I've installed Ubuntu 18.04 on one PC, and put NIS client on it. All seemed fine, domain is correct, ypwhich , ypcat and yptest all work successfully. When I…
Mart Mart
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ypcat passwd returns error with NIS

I have set up and installed NIS server on my Ubuntu platform Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS It all is going well and ive followed these instructions , ive added a user and all seems to be good, however when logged in a root I get the following error # ypcat…
Welsh King
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NIS client setup

I just upgraded to 14.04 from 13.10. After the upgrade NIS stopped working. I went in, checked the settings ( hosts, yp.conf, nsswitch ) - everything seems to be configured correctly. But... I can't find /etc/init.d/nis anymore. When I try to…
Alex
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cachefilesd vs NIS automounter

I want to cache NFS mounts My NFS mounts are handled by the automounter which is governed by NIS I need to add the mount option, fsc, to the mounts to enable the cache => Where do I add this option? auto.master is essentially empty because NIS is…
sasa
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Ubuntu16.04 hangs on shutdown/reboot after NIS client setting

I tried to configure NIS client. but, My ubuntu took a time to shutdown/reboot after "/etc/nsswitch.conf" setting. nis version 3.17-34ubuntu3 /etc/nsswitch.conf passwd: nis compat group: nis compat shadow: nis compat gshadow: files hosts: files dns…
newwell
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Ubuntu 16.04 sudo w/ NIS too slow, bind(2) lotta ports and remains lotta connection between the NIS domain server

The title says all. anyway, I just upgraded my server from 14.04 LTS to 16.04 LTS and I realized the sudo runs too much slower than 14.04. I strace'd and got following result: $ sudo strace sudo true ---------------------------- snip…
Taverna Unci
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Setting up a home network to support server applications

I'm trying to setup a home network using Linux (14.04) and would like to know what the process is called where you have a client machine (or several) connected to a server using the programs from the server instead of the client. Like in schools and…
Eyovin
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XFCE screen locker fails to unlock for YP/NIS users on Ubuntu 24 despite correct password

I'm running a NIS/YP setup for login credentials using a Debian 12 server. I have a few dozen clients running Ubuntu 24.04. Most users are using either the default GNOME although a few are running XFCE. Since a few days the XFCE users are having…
deedcee
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problem with starting rpcbind

I am facing a problem with rpcbind . the service is not starting after the reboot even after enabling the service. I get the following output when i run systemctl status rpcbind just after reboot. root@ubuntu:~# systemctl status rpcbind ●…
Rooney
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unable to enable systemctl service

I am facing problem with login to Nis server from my host machine every time after reboot. NIS host machine is running with Ubuntu 16.04 server os. The status of ypbind and rpcbind are as follows after reboot. root@ubuntu:~# systemctl status rpcbind…
Rooney
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NIS: rpc.yppasswdd segfaults on Xenial

NIS functions well except for yppasswd. When a user tries to change password using yppasswd on a client, if s/he enters the wrong Old Password, then the rpc.yppasswdd daemon on the NIS server segfaults. Searching online, I see that a similar bug was…
DiableJambe
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Can't login to Ubuntu 14.04 with domain user without network connection

I'm not an advanced Ubuntu user so please be patient with me. I've installed Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS, signed my computer to a Windows domain (using nis) and was able to login with my domain user. I've also added my user to the sudoers group. Now I have…
Michael
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How to create local account on NIS clients?

We have a NIS server with 4 NIS clients. I would to create local accounts on the NIS client in case the NIS server is offline. Our network is not stable and too many times the NIS server is offline. Thank you for your help. /etc/nsswitch.conf…
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How to Configure nsswitch.conf in ubuntu 18.04 (upgrading from 16.04)

I am upgrading my client system from ubuntu 16.04 to ubuntu 18.04 /etc/nsswitch.conf passwd: compat files nis nisplus group: compat files nis nisplus shadow: compat files nis nisplus gshadow: files hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns…
Purushothaman
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