Cannot add newuser in yp (fwd)

From: Chow Sui Sen Edwin <crschowe_at_leonis.nus.edu.sg>
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 09:48:27 +0800 (SST)

hello,

I have problem in adding new user in the ypserver. After adding new user
in /usr/var/yp/src/passwd and /usr/var/yp/group, I go /usr/var/yp to do:

        prompt>make

Followed by making new directory for the user and changing
the owner by:

        prompt>chown -R username:diskname username

to be more specific:

        prompt>chown -R sharon:usr2 sharon

I got this error message:

        chown: unknown username sharon

I further tried by doing this:

        prompt>su - sharon

and the message is:

        Unknown login: sharon

Other information:

Early this year the hostname of our DEC 3000 was changed and I don't
really recall adding new user till this problem occured. (I have made the
neccessary changes, I hoped. I may miss out something that I do not know.)

The O/S was changed from OSF 3.2 to OSF 4.0D
(Will the upgrade affects the yp?)

I do not know if my above procedure is the correct way to add new user.
This method have been taught by my colleague, and I hope is the right
method.

I hope this information given is sufficient.

Thank You.

Regards
Edwin Chow
Received on Tue Jul 07 1998 - 03:49:51 NZST

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