Nathan Davis wrote:
> Hey guys,
> 
> I'm trying to migrate user account information to NIS (ypserv and
> ypbind).  I can create the mappings, and client/server interaction works
> fine, but I can't find any documentation on how to setup PAM to use NIS
> for account information.  The goal is to add a user to NIS, with their
> home directory etc., and they can login on any machine in the network.
> I won't actually be using NIS to store passwords, so I don't need
> authentication, I just need to make the user "exist" (according to the
> client machine).  Any pointers?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --Nathan Davis
> 
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Generally you just need to add nis to the password entry in your 
/etc/nsswitch.conf file

Eric