Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Authentication with NIS
From: Brian Bergstrand (brian@stingray.cso.niu.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 22 1999 - 11:39:14 EST
> Howdy
>
> I'm wondering if there is any reason why netatalk won't
> authenticate on some NIS passwords.
>
> I'm running as an NIS slave, on a new server, with the
> +::::: stuff at the bottom of my master.passwd and group file.
> I can telnet or samba into the machine fine, but when I try
> to connect with the apple chooser the password is rejected.
>
> I can log in with netatalk to the NIS server machine. On that machine
> the account info is native to the master.passwd file.
>
> Accounts local to the machine can log in fine. Curiously,
> some other NIS accounts seem to work OK - these seem to be ones
> with short passwords.
>
> Any ideas? BTW I'm running FreeBSD 3.3 STABLE.
>
> Eddie.
>
You mentioned long passwords. AppleShare is limited to 8 character
passwords. Netatalk will not try to match just the first 8
characters, so you must make sure all of your passwords are 8
characters or less.
-- Brian Bergstrand Systems Programmer, Northern Illinois University
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