"id: cannot find name for user ID 500" on NIS Client

[JSiva]

Hi all,

I have a RedHat 7.3 NIS server with some RH7.3 NIS Clients. The NIS setup works fine for all the maps but at the client side while login as NIS users I am getting the following error:-

id: cannot find name for user ID 500
id: cannot find name for user ID 500

The samething is happening for "whoami" command.

But if I give " who am i" or "id" it responds properly.

Any idea how to solve this as it stops users running some apps.

Thanks and Regards,

JSiva -------------------------------------
jsknair@yahoo.com
PSI Data Systems Limited
Bangalore - 560025

 

[JSiva]

Hi all,

The problem is solved. Actually it is the problem of security issues of Linux.

As users cannot do ypcat passwd, I was not getting the whoami output.

This can be avoided by editing the /etc/ypserv.conf and by commenting the line which disables users to do ypcat passwd.

Thanks

JSiva -------------------------------------
jsknair@yahoo.com
PSI Data Systems Limited
Bangalore - 560025