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[Matthew Clark <matthewclark AT inlesserterms.net>]

After your reply, I checked on my other machines and found that they  
do have the nsswitch.conf file.  I guess I read my ls output too  
quickly :)

I copied the nsswitch.conf from a working machine, and it works.  Woah.

In my 6-year history with Linux, I've never had to screw with that,  
hence my apparent idiocy.

Thanks!




Quoting Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik <ruskie AT mages.ath.cx>:

> On 16:41:47 2007-07-30 Matthew Clark <matthewclark AT inlesserterms.net> wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply.  However, I do not have a /etc/nsswitch.conf
> > file.  Of the results I was able to find using Google, many
> > suggestions include checking that and the /etc/hosts.conf file, which
> > I do not have either.  In fact, none of my SMGL servers have either of
> > those files.
> >
> > This is definitely the most extraordinary of gotchas...
> Here's an examlpe nsswitch.conf:
>
> passwd:     files nisplus nis
> shadow:     files nisplus nis
> group:      files nisplus nis
> hosts:      files nisplus nis dns
> services:   nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
> networks:   nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
> protocols:  nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
> rpc:        nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
> ethers:     nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
> netmasks:   nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
> bootparams: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
> netgroup:   nisplus
> publickey:  nisplus
> automount:  files nisplus
> aliases:    files nisplus
>
>
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