[ccp4bb]: cross-platform NIS

["david lawson (JIC)" <david.lawson@bbsrc.ac.uk>]

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Dear All,

I realise that this is not strictly CCP4 but.......

Has anyone managed to setup NIS across Linux and SG workstations? I
currently have my NIS master as a RedHat Linux 7.2 machine and another as a
client, which works fine. What I would like to do is include an SG machine
running Irix 6.5 as an NIS client in this domain as well. I have had a go at
this: by copying SG format .login and .cshrc files to a user home directory
on the linux box I can login to this account as if it were on an SG machine.
I can start programs by clicking on desktop icons eg. showcase and jot, and
I have priviledges to write files. However I can't open a shell ("xwsh: No
such file or diectory: can't start command"). Incidentally this SG machine
was formerly part of an entirely SG domain with NIS functioning normally.

Any help much appreciated. If it's just not possible I would also like to
know!

Thanks,

Dave


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Dr. David M. Lawson
Biological Chemistry Dept.,
John Innes Centre,
Norwich,
NR4 7UH, UK.
Tel: +44-(0)1603-450725
Fax: +44-(0)1603-450018
Email: david.lawson@bbsrc.ac.uk
Web: http://www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/staff/david-lawson/index.htm