On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 02:23:46PM -0700, Matt Bell wrote:
> I have nsswitch.conf set up similar to what you described here. The only
> thing is that the netbsd nis server is not sending over a shadow file for
> the password lookups its sending over master.passwd which netbsd uses and
> is in a differnt format. Is there any way i can convert this master.passwd
> file to the format useable for linux.
> 
> Once again thanks in advance,
> -Matt 

Ok. Let's step back a bit.

What exactly doesn't work? Is it that a user can't log in?

It is possible that a user can't log in because their shell is in the
"wrong" place on the Linux client.

e.g. the NIS password file might have /usr/pkg/bin/tcsh for a shell
entry, but this won't necessarily exist on the Linux machine. This can 
be fixed by making the /usr/pkg/bin directory and using symbolic links.

cheers,
-- 
Chris