[ale] NIS / Netgroups

[chriscoleman at mail.clayton.edu (Chris Coleman)]

Hi,

I have a question about using netgroups via NIS in conjunction with /etc/hosts.equiv. We are attempting to establish trust so users can rsh/rlogin into machines without supplying a password. This is for testing only in a lab environment. You should be able to put the name of a netgroup inside of /etc/hosts.equiv and have users from the specified hosts in the netgroup, to log in or remotely execute commands without supplying a password. It does not work for me using RedHat 7.2 and 7.3. 

I know the netgroup works because the NFS server only allows machines in the netgroup to mount it's shares. Any thoughts on what could be the problem?


/etc/netgroup (on NIS Master)

cnet2331	(bart.foobar.net,,cnet2331.foobar.net) \
		(lisa.foobar.net,,cnet2331.foobar.net) \
		(dead.foobar.net,,cnet2331.foobar.net

/etc/hosts.equiv (on Client Machine)
@cnet2331

/etc/exports (On NFS Server)
/home	@cnet2331(rw)

According to the NIS/NFS book by O'Reilly, this should work. Thanks in advance!

Chris Coleman,
Instructor
School of Technology
Clayton College and State University
Phone: 770-960-4282



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