Bug 4227

Summary:	Can't set shell for NIS users.
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	brandon.darbro
Component:	ypbind	Assignee:	Cristian Gafton <gafton>
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Version:	6.0	CC:	brandon.darbro, lamont
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Description brandon.darbro 1999-07-27 19:09:47 UTC

Cant change users default shell from the NIS passwd map
with an entry like these in the passwd file:

+::::::/bin/bash
or
+username::::::/bin/bash

Instead the users are still starting with the ksh shell as
set in the NIS map.  This a problem with PAM configuration
or a bug with YP/NIS?  (This works on our HP-UX boxes, btw)

*Brandon Darbro
brandon.darbro.com

Comment 1 lamont 1999-10-29 00:56:59 UTC

This may be related to the problem that I've observed where if the NIS
server goes down, even users in /etc/passwd (i.e. root) cannot login
to the box.  And the root user is not even in the NIS passwd map.

Lamont Granquist
lamont

Comment 2 Cristian Gafton 2000-02-04 02:37:59 UTC

you need to be using the compat mode in /etc/nsswitch.conf