NFS & NIS Access problem

[Jollyjet]

Hi All

Nis primary and Secondary server is here from client we are using rlogin it is not taking the home directory path from nis it is logging in to the current directory itself and if im trying to give pwd im a getting a message like permission denied.it is not happening regularly some times i face this issue if a user is working now if he logs off and logging again he is facing this issue only for few users we are facing the issue if the user is trying to login from different machine at same time its happening. any one can help me in this case

[V. Nyga]

Hi,

any differences if you use 'ypwhich' when this happens?
Are there differences between primary and secondary server?
Different user-id's?
Are this also local users or only nis users?

Volkmar

[Dave Olker]

Hi,

It would help to use a specific example. Do you have a user account in this environment that demonstrates this problem every time? If so then let's focus on that one user and see if we can get it working.

On the NIS client system, I'd want to see the /etc/passwd file, the /etc/nsswitch.conf file, and the output from the following commands:

# ypcat -k passwd
# ypcat -k ypservers
# ypwhich -m

That would be the first round of data I'd need to see to troubleshoot the problem.

Regards,

Dave

[Craig Johnson_1]

My guess is that you have an error in the NIS passwd map. If you are modifying the maps it is likely the error is moving around causing the erratic behaviour you are seeing. Check the passwd file you are building the map from very carefully. Look for blank lines and spaces where there shouldn't be any.

[Jollyjet]

HI,

It's a NPT Network time protocal error time is not synchronised properly with the server so the NIS is not communicating properly to the server.

[Jollyjet]

hi things are fine thank's for the help