NIS user problems: audio, plugdev ..

[kloschi at subsignal dot org]

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On 20 Feb 2005, at 04:55, Mark Roach wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 23:49 +0100, kloschi at subsignal dot org wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to figure problems with NIS users out.
>> They are mentioned in /etc/passwd and /etc/group,
>> but are - as usual - only in the groups defined
>> on the nis server.
>> As I have no access to the nis server, I get only
>> users with their uid and gid 20.
>> How to put those users in local groups?
>
> What's in your /etc/nsswitch.conf, specifically on the "group" line?
> You will need to have both compat and NIS listed...
>
> Try "getent group <groupname>" to see if the membership looks as it
> should. To see only local group membership, do "getent -s compat group
> <groupname>"
>
> If it isn't working, try backing up a bit: remove the NIS bits, and see
> if users who are only local have appropriate group membership.

local users get appropriate membership.
I'm looking for a solution to put NIS users into local groups
with a wildcard. is that possible?

regards,
k.
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