1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/Server/Hostbase/nisauth.py b/src/lib/Server/Hostbase/nisauth.py
index 24673ec17..9c68c44eb 100644
--- a/src/lib/Server/Hostbase/nisauth.py
+++ b/src/lib/Server/Hostbase/nisauth.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
-import pwd, crypt, nis
+import crypt, nis
+from Hostbase.settings import AUTHORIZED_GROUP
 
 """Checks with NIS to see if the current user is in the support group"""
 
@@ -27,17 +28,15 @@ class nisauth(object):
     def __init__(self,login,passwd=None):
         """get user profile from NIS"""
         try:
-            p = pwd.getpwnam(login)
-            print p
+            p = nis.match(login, 'passwd.byname').split(":")
         except:
             raise NISAUTHError('username')
         # check user password using crypt and 2 character salt from passwd file
         if p[1] == crypt.crypt(passwd, p[1][:2]):
             # check to see if user is in valid support groups
             # will have to include these groups in a settings file eventually
-            if not login in nis.match('support', 'group.byname').split(':')[-1].split(','):
+            if not login in nis.match(AUTHORIZED_GROUP, 'group.byname').split(':')[-1].split(','):
                 raise NISAUTHError('group')
             self.uid = p[2]
-            print self.uid
         else:
             raise NISAUTHError('password')