Many thanks to those of you who answered my questions.

Casper Dik <casper@fwi.uva.nl>

Birger.Wathne@vest.sdata.no (Birger A. Wathne)

The way to setup the NIS is to:

1) set your domain in /etc/defaultdomain

2) run ypinit -c with your NIS servers

3) run /usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypbind

And the piece that made it work! Drum roll please......

COPY /etc/nsswitch.nis TO /etc/nsswitch.conf

Thanks for help. My user will be happy camper this morning!

Elaine Mele Internet:mele@syl.nj.nec.com

System Administrator Voice: (609) 734-6075

NEC Systems Laboratory, Inc. Fax: (609) 734-6002

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