Linux NIS Server with Solaris NIS Client

I have a Linux NIS server setup that appears to work just fine, however
when I try to use a Solaris client the password is not accepted.

I know NIS is working fine because if I use an encrypted password from
the Solaris shadow file by pasting into the Linux shadow file the NIS
client works perfect. However if I generate a password on Linux the
NIS client fails.

The Linux NIS server creates a much longer encryped password compared
to the Solaris client.

I'm using SuSE 9.2 and Solaris 2.6.

Is there a way to make Solaris recognize the longer Linux encryption or
else make the Linux encryption shorter?

Thanks.

On 3 Sep 2005 14:08:07 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I have a Linux NIS server setup that appears to work just fine, however
> when I try to use a Solaris client the password is not accepted.

> The Linux NIS server creates a much longer encryped password compared
> to the Solaris client.

Sounds like maybe you have md5 passwords enabled. Solaris doesn't like
those.


> I'm using SuSE 9.2 and Solaris 2.6.
>
> Is there a way to make Solaris recognize the longer Linux encryption or
> else make the Linux encryption shorter?

I don't think Solaris 2.6 will use the md5 passwords, although I'm
willing to be proven wrong on that. You can, however, make Linux use
the shorder des passwords. This is normally controlled by PAM, I
believe SuSE configures it through YAST nowadays.

To do it by hand, look for a file under pam.d that has a line like:

password required pam_unix.so nullok obscure min=4 max=8 md5

Remove the "md5" to create regular des passwords. You'll have to
re-enter your passwords of course to get them to use the new format.


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-| Bob Hauck
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That definitely sounds like my problem! Thanks for the quick response
Bob. I'll give that a try and see how it goes.

Made changes this morning...Changing to DES worked! Thanks Bob!

Bob Hauck wrote:
> On 3 Sep 2005 14:08:07 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > I have a Linux NIS server setup that appears to work just fine, however
> > when I try to use a Solaris client the password is not accepted.
>
> > The Linux NIS server creates a much longer encryped password compared
> > to the Solaris client.
>
> Sounds like maybe you have md5 passwords enabled. Solaris doesn't like
> those.
>
>
> > I'm using SuSE 9.2 and Solaris 2.6.
> >
> > Is there a way to make Solaris recognize the longer Linux encryption or
> > else make the Linux encryption shorter?
>
> I don't think Solaris 2.6 will use the md5 passwords, although I'm
> willing to be proven wrong on that. You can, however, make Linux use
> the shorder des passwords. This is normally controlled by PAM, I
> believe SuSE configures it through YAST nowadays.
>
> To do it by hand, look for a file under pam.d that has a line like:
>
> password required pam_unix.so nullok obscure min=4 max=8 md5
>
> Remove the "md5" to create regular des passwords. You'll have to
> re-enter your passwords of course to get them to use the new format.
>
>
> --
> -| Bob Hauck
> -| A proud member of the reality-based community.
> -| http://www.haucks.org/