Oracle 7.3.2 and NIS (szguns: getpwuid error)

Howdy,

I have been given the task of performing a 2nd oracle installation on an Irix 6.4 (Origin200) box. There is another instance of Oracle 7.3.2 running on a Solaris 2.5.1 box.

On the Irix installation, if I use sqlplus from an account which exists in
the local password file, and try to connect to the database on the Solaris box, everything is happy.

IF, on the other hand, I use sqlplus from a NIS account, and attempt to connect to the Solaris database, it reports the following error:

ERROR: ORA-07268: szguns: getpwuid error.

Now, all oerr reports is that an entry in the password file does not exist.
Not entriely true, as it is in the NIS file.

Is there a reason for this? The hack workaround is to create the account locally, but this is not sufficient for our purposes. Are there any solutions?

I have used dejanews (etc) to search for a possible answer, but no cigar...

Cheerio,
andrew

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