I am totally stumped!!!  Really don't know what to do. Using hesiod
isn't an option.
If anybody can give my any idea about any method of diagnosing the
problem, it would be 
greatly appreciated.

rewis

> >I am attempting implement yp on my lan of 5000/240's.

> >I built the yp service with ypinit -m  
> >I have done 'make' in /var/yp ( several times, just to make sure ).
> >The various map info appears to being yppush'ed correctly.

> >The yp server daemon  appears to be running running correctly.

> >ypbind on the client machines appears to bind correctly to the server (
> >only have a master no slaves ).

> >The various maps appear to be accessible to the clients:
> >       ypcat passwd, ypcat group, ypcat hosts show the correct info from the
> >server.
> >
> >yptest appears to run correctly.
> 
> So `ypcat passwd' on the clients DTRT?  You have /var/yp/securenet or
> wherever it live configured correctly?  Does NetBSD do
> /var/yp/securenet ACLs on IP addresses for YP?
>
sorry, I'm clueless on securenet ( I'm quite a piker at this ).
 
> >ypwhich shows the master correctly.
> >ypwhich -m shows the correct maps -vs- master.
> >domainname shows the correct domain.
> 
> >On the clients
> >I have appended the passwd file with +:*:0:0:::
> >            and the group file with  +:*:*.
> >
> >
> >Having said all that:
> >                       I cannot log into the client machines as anyone listed
> >in the
> >master's hosts                         file ( anyone that is not in the client
> >'s local host
> >file ).  If I                  login as root and try to su to a user I get:
> >                                       >>su - rewis
> >                                       >> unkown login rewis
> >
> >                       It appears that the various local files ( hosts, group,
> > passwd )
> >are                    not being replaced or appended, respectively ( once aga
> >in ypcat
> >shows
> >                       valid info for passwd and group).
> >
> >I realize this is scant information, but any help or just a place to
> >start would be GREATLY appreciated ( I have 'Managing NFS and NIS' from
> >O'Reilly).
> 
> If `ypcat passwd' on the clients work, they can get at the data;
> they're just not using it.  What does /etc/nsswitch.conf have on the
> clients for passwd?  Did someone edit it away from "passwd: compat"?
nsswitch.conf appears o.k. 
 
group:          compat
group_compat:   nis
hosts:          dns files
netgroup:       files [notfound=return] nis
networks:       files
passwd:         compat
passwd_compat:  nis

THANX

rewis