Help with nis password changes

[scott-DPNOqEs/LNQ at public.gmane.org (Scott Ehrlich)]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Matthew Gillen wrote:

> Scott Ehrlich wrote:
>>> This will take care of it, but there is an easier way, use the
>>> yppasswd(1) rather than passwd(1).
>>
>> I've tried both.
>>
>> I've now discovered that ypcat passwd on the server returns new test
>> accounts, but a client machine that is able to log into an existing yp
>> account, does not reflect the new accounts...
>>
>> Would using pdbedit this morning for samba security lockdowns have any
>> impact?
>
> Using nscd would.  Try disabling that service on your clients.  If you tried
> to log in to a client, then created the account on the server, the nscd daemon
> would remember the previous "no such user" answer instead of checking with the
> server again.
>
> Matt

Not caching anything (by choice) so that service is not running.

Suggestions always welcome.

Thanks.

Scott

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