Problems with NIS and Online

We have a NIS server (ypbind and ypserv) running on an RS6000 (Aix 3.2) and a HP9000 (HPUX ?) running ypbind (binding to the RS6000). Our problem is the HP9000. When we try to run isql we get the error -468, which is: Cannot obtain user id from system: unable to start database server. Your application is trying to open communications to a database server. As part of doing this it has to read your user id from the system passwd file, and it failed to do this. Look for operating system error messages that may give more specific information. Consult with a system administrator to make sure the file of user ids is readable to all users. For some reason, Online is looking in /etc/passwd for the user id's instead of using system calls which would allow it to work with NIS. If we add the user to the HP's passwd file, it works. However, this is not really how we want to handle this. We would prefer to be consistent and administer passwd through NIS. If anyone knows of a way to make Online work with NIS, or any other pertinent information, please let me know. -- Laura Schouweiler Unix Integration Services Phone: (515) 254-3074 11033 Aurora Ave., Des Moines, IA 50322 las@uis.com