NIS problem "I have no name!"

Hi,

I have problem with my redhat 9 based NIS/NFS server or actually with
NIS/NFS client. I have succesfully set up NIS/NFS services, but when I
login to NIS/NFS client I get this "I have no name!" on prompt:

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Last login: Mon Jun 14 10:34:58 from server1
id: cannot find name for user ID 501
id: cannot find name for user ID 501
[I have no name!@cpu4 user_name]$

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Has anyone seen this error before, google.com didn't help me too much?
ypcat passwd work fine in NIS client and I see NFS mounted files from
server etc, but id cannot be found?

Thanks for help!

-Tero

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:27:25 +0300, Tero Hiekkalinna wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have problem with my redhat 9 based NIS/NFS server or actually with
> NIS/NFS client. I have succesfully set up NIS/NFS services, but when I
> login to NIS/NFS client I get this "I have no name!" on prompt:
>
> ----clip----
>
> Last login: Mon Jun 14 10:34:58 from server1 id: cannot find name for user
> ID 501
> id: cannot find name for user ID 501

There are two passwd maps: passwd.byname and passwd.byuid. Check on the
server that the .byuid map is present and correct.

Regards, Ian

>>I have problem with my redhat 9 based NIS/NFS server or actually with
>>NIS/NFS client. I have succesfully set up NIS/NFS services, but when I
>>login to NIS/NFS client I get this "I have no name!" on prompt:
>>
>>----clip----
>>
>>Last login: Mon Jun 14 10:34:58 from server1 id: cannot find name for user
>>ID 501
>>id: cannot find name for user ID 501
>
>
> There are two passwd maps: passwd.byname and passwd.byuid. Check on the
> server that the .byuid map is present and correct.
>

I can do ypcat passwd.byname and passwd.byuid as a root on NIS client
and output from is same exept lines are in different order.

Tero

Tero Hiekkalinna <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I have problem with my redhat 9 based NIS/NFS server or actually with
> NIS/NFS client. I have succesfully set up NIS/NFS services, but when I
> login to NIS/NFS client I get this "I have no name!" on prompt:

I wonder if `I have no name!' is output from `whoami'. Try it, what does
it output.

> Has anyone seen this error before, google.com didn't help me too much?

Yes. It happens when your users UID range is different on the server
than the server's Makefile, IIRC. You may want to check/change your
/var/yp/Makefile for the minuid and maxgid value to make sure it's
including all the UIDs from the correct minumum for your system.

Just as a check, if you `ypcat passwd.byname', do you see an entry for
your login name?

--
Cameron Kerr
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Cameron Kerr wrote:

> I wonder if `I have no name!' is output from `whoami'. Try it, what does
> it output.

Comes from bash, IIRC... - I wonder whether bash will use whoami for
that, though.


Cheers, Jack.

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