KDM shows dupe icons on box now NIS is running

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After setting up NIS on my machine I now see two icons on the KDM logion screen for each user.

I guess this is something to do with a clash between the nis DB and /etc/passwd but I'm unsure how to resolve it safely.

I got the KDM showing only one icon for each user by changing nsswitch.conf from
passwd : compat
to
passwd : file [!UNAVAIL=return] nis

What should the correct setting be for a stand alone machine running NIS.


My passwd file still contains .....
+:::::


Why am I running NIS on this machine ? I have to do some work with some NIS client software (JNDI stuff).

Any help appreciated.