[OpenAFS] AFS client over NIS

[Charles Clancy]

> I'm trying to convert existing Linux users(NIS) to AFS users.
> Should I disable NIS client on every local machine on which AFS users
> will login? (suppose NIS server and AFS server are running in same
> machine)
> or if NIS client and AFS client can be running in the same local
> machine,how to set up entries in local /etc/passwd , /etc/shadow and
> /etc/group files?( here "local" means machines other than AFS and NIS
> server).

AFS does not provide /etc/passwd information (home dir, shell, gecos,
etc).  You still need to either use NIS, or have local /etc/passwd entries
for this information.  If you want to use NIS, I'd recommend setting the
password field in the shadow map to "*NP*", so NIS only provides name
service and not authentication.  See one of the MANY responses to this
exact question in the mailing list archive.

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