Steve:

Normally I do all the pieces normally but I followed your guidance:

authconfig  --enablenis  ‹nisserver=(server.name.goes.here)
‹nisdomain=(mydomain) --update


As root, id on one of my test accounts worked.
As root, su on the same test account worked.
³nis² has indeed been through the /etc/nsswitch.conf file all along.

Bill



On 8/1/14, 14:51 MDT, "Steven Timm" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>did you go into the system setup utility and enable NIS authentication?
>(or use authconfig from the command line).  That's the best way
>to ensure that PAM is configured correctly to use NIS and that's likely
>the problem.
>
>(does "id" on a yp user name work?)
>(does "su" to a yp user name work?)
>does "nis" appear in /etc/nsswitch.conf? (setup will do that).
>
>Steve Timm
>
>
>\On Fri, 1 Aug 2014, Capehart, William J wrote:
>
>> We are in the process of migrating to SL 6.5 from Mandriva and things
>>have
>> been manageable until (of course) today.
>> 
>> The NIS server is still under Mandriva (yp-serve is 2.22, ypbind is
>> 1.29.91) 
>> 
>> On the client to be in SL 6.5 the ypbind is 1.20.4.
>> 
>> NIS works on the fellow Mandriva machine clients but when used on the SL
>> machine
>> 
>> The username and groups get carried over and match the uids
>> 
>> ypcat gives the correct responses for the arguments passwd and groups
>> 
>> BUT 
>> 
>> I get permission denied errors when logging in.  (That is sort of a deal
>> breaker).
>> 
>> Beyond this point is there any troubleshooting advise here?
>> 
>> Thanks Much,
>> Bill
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>
>
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