Help with SSH V4.2p1 and netgroups in password file - OSF/1

[Mike D Cross]

Darren

Thanks for the response, we are using 3.2.2p1, my mistake, sorry

We finally realised that the ":x:" was the issue, removing it solved the problem.

Mike


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darren Tucker" <dtucker at zip.com.au>
To: "Mr.Mike Cross" <mike.d.cross at btconnect.com>
Cc: <openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: Help with SSH V4.2p1 and netgroups in password file - OSF/1


> Mr.Mike Cross wrote:
> > I'm using either V3.2 or V4.2p1 depending on the system.
> 
> I don't think there was an OpenSSH 3.2 release (there was 3.2.2p1 and 
> 3.2.3p1).
> 
> > Server - OSF/1 V5.1 latest patch kit.
> > 
> > If the system has all the accounts in the password file - ssh lets
> > the  users login.
> > 
> > If the system has "+" at the end of the passwd file, users in the
> > local password file or in NIS can login
> > 
> > if I change the /etc/svc.conf to have "passwd=local" and add
> > + at users:x::::: to the passwd file, the users who are local to the passwd
> > file can login, but the users in the netgroup fail to login, just
> > getting access failed and re-prompted for their password.
> 
> OpenSSH's sshd will check that the user has a valid passwd entry (as 
> returned by getpwnam).  You need to tell /etc/svc.conf (or whatever the 
> equivalent to /etc/nsswitch.conf is) to look in NIS too.
> 
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