NIS client

[Jeff Hoevenaar]

I have setup a NIS server in Redhat AS4 using the basic default setup.

I setup a Redhat AS4 NIS client.

I get good results with ypwhich, ypcat passwd, ypcat group, domainname.

However, when I try to login or su to the NIS user I get "su: user username does not exist".

I have modified the passwd file and nsswitch.conf many different ways and I cannot get this to work.

I tried setting up a HP-UX NIS client and it does the same thing.

It must be something on the NIS server side?

Any ideas?

[Jeff Hoevenaar]

I found that there is a firwall setting that was preventing the NIS clinet form working.

I ran the command system-config-securitylevel on the NIS server and configured the firewall to allow NIS.