Re: Again about NIS client configuration

["Rocky Hotas" <rockyhotas%post.com@localhost>]

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> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 at 11:56 PM
> From: "Christos Zoulas" <christos%astron.com@localhost>
> To: netbsd-users%netbsd.org@localhost
> Subject: Re: Again about NIS client configuration
>
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> So if you:
> 
> 	$ ypmatch <user> passwd

No, I see:

ypmatch: can't match key <user> in map passwd.byname. Reason: no such map in server's domain.

> You see the user..
> 
> 	$ ypwhich -m passwd
> 
> lists the correct server...

...no, it prints

ypwhich: clnt_call: localhost: passwd.byname: No such map in server's domain.

> How are you dealing with the "shadow" map? If you ypcat passwd as root
> do you see the password field in the password database? 

No, I see nothing (the command has no output and the prompt returns).

> Are you merging
> passwd and shadow on the server?

Are you meaning a unique file with passwd and shadow information?
Anyway, no, the server has two distinct files: /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.

Rocky