(I didn't see this on the list so here we go again)

Martti Kuparinen wrote:
>> I suspect that, even if the root account is local, it still needs to 
>> access
>> NIS to know to which groups it belongs.
> 
> 
> That was it. But why doesn't this work?
> 
> group:          files nis [unavail=return]
> passwd:         files nis
> 
> If I remove "nis [unavail=return]" from group: then I get instant login.
> With the above settings I'm still getting yp_client timeouts (I only
> waited two timeout messages).
> 
> Martti
>