The user can't log in, gives the error Login incorrect. Although i can su
to the specific user from root and everything is fine. The problem lies
whenever i have to supply a password for example logging in via the
specific user.

-Matt

On Wed, 9 May 2001, Chris Pinnock wrote:

> Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 22:47:35 +0100
> From: Chris Pinnock <cjep@fawlty.net>
> To: Matt Bell <mtbell@micropede.com>
> Cc: netbsd-help@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Netbsd and linux NIS troubles
> 
> 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
>