On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:55 PM, James A. Peltier <jpeltier at sfu.ca> wrote: > I seem to have this very odd issue with CentOS 6 WRT NIS. I have taken the > package selection that I used with CentOS 5 and basically plopped it into my > C6 kickstart file (see below). On C5 this works just fine and I'm able to > log in with NIS credentials just fine. However, it looks like on C6 if you > use a package selection like this, you also need to specify the yp-tools > package as part of the kickstart *even though* you specify an authentication > method of NIS in the kickstart. Seems like a bug to me?!? > Current versions of fedora do this as well, in addition to f15 having a buggy startup script for yp*. I agree with you that if you specify auth, the tools for it should be there. That said, NIS needs to die. Quickly. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell