NIS netgroup and `id -un`

From: Ian Mortimer <ian_at_physics.uq.edu.au>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 15:37:15 +1000

Hi DU Admins

I've just implemented a NIS netgroup to restrict access to a
cluster of workstations.The netgroup is included like this
in /etc/passwd:

   +_at_lusers:

If I run `id -un` on one of the open machines it returns the user
name but if I run it on one of the machines restricted by the
netgroup it gives:

   Could not get "user" information
                         
(It works fine for users listed in /etc/passwd like root but not
for users added by the netgroup).

The OS version is DU 4.0B patch level 7.

Any ideas?


Thanks
Ian

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Received on Thu Jan 21 1999 - 05:38:14 NZDT

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