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From: bny@crl.com (Bradley Yearwood)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Passwd from SunOS NIS on FreeBSD 2.1.0
Date: 30 Mar 1996 14:40:35 -0800
Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access	(415) 705-6060  [Login: guest]
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Message-ID: <4jkd93$1mb@crl5.crl.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: crl5.crl.com

I seem to be having some difficulty getting FreeBSD 2.1.0 to accept
passwd from a SunOS (4.1.4) server.  The FreeBSD machine appears to
take at least the home directory from NIS, but refuses to login with
the password as set in the NIS map.

Am I missing something?

Brad Yearwood    bny@crl.com