Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ccut!wnoc-tyo-news!astemgw!icspub!newmars!youki From: youki@newmars.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp (Youki Kadobayashi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: installer & netinfo question Message-ID: Date: 1 Jun 91 14:07:05 GMT References: Sender: news@icspub.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp Organization: Dept. of Info. and Comp. Sci., Osaka Univ., Japan Lines: 30 In-reply-to: js3b+@andrew.cmu.edu's message of 31 May 91 17:21:23 GMT >>>>> On 31 May 91 17:21:23 GMT, js3b+@andrew.cmu.edu (James Vincent Schultz) said: > 2) Netinfo > Lately I have had problems changing the "/" (root) domain from a > machine other than the netinfo server. It repeately asks me to log in > as a superuser on the netinfo server, not accepting my valid root > password. Does anyone know why I would be having trouble connecting > to the netinfo server this way? Does your NetInfo root domain contain root user entry? youki@metro(25)$ niutil -list / / 1 machines 5 printers 8 mounts 12 groups 23 users 25 networks youki@metro(26)$ niutil -list / /users 24 root I had similar problem before (on NeXTstep 2.0J); after I added root passwd entry in the root domain (I copied it from "." domain of netinfo server), the problem disappeared. -- Youki Kadobayashi Information Network Architecture Lab. Dept. of Info. and Comp. Sci, Osaka University, Japan