> 
> And then on the client's side. i launched rpcbind, put hell in /etc/defaultdomain, launched ypbind and put + at the end of /etc/passwd. i did a test with ypcat. i tried ypcat passwd, and all works great, cause i get the right map from the server; i was more than optimist. so what i wanted to do is a su <user>. but i get an <user> : unknown id, as if he didn't even do a request to the server.

If the '/etc/nsswitch.conf' file on you machine contains the lines

	passwd:         compat
	passwd_compat:  nis

(my 1.5.2 system does), you'll need to add the single line

	+

at the end of '/etc/passwd'.  See passwd(5).

David S.