ON NIS... Only root is able to login into one server

[Anil C. Sedha]

Hi..

All of a sudden, on one of my servers only root is able to login.

can someone come up with some ideas..

[Helen French]

Hi Anil,

Does your server running in trusted mode ?

Shiju

[Anil C. Sedha]

my server is a database server and is in trusted mode.

i am logging into the server thru NIS.

however, when i do rlogin -l root, I am able to login..however i am not able to login thru any other id.

regards

[S.K. Chan · Accepted solution]

Check is your /etc/passwd file is messed up. It should have
+:*:0:0::
right at the bottom of the file.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Hi Anil:

You can't be using NIS in a trusted environment. In the trusted world, you must use NIS+ instead.

[Krishnan Viswanathan]

Also pl check the permission on the passwd file
It should be 444. The last line in the passwd file should be +::-2:-2::: if your server is a NIS slave.

also if you have connectivity with the master server. Also run /var/yp/ypxfr_1perhour to update the NIS maps on your slave (Check your NIS binding by doing ypwhich).