From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 10 05:58:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id FAA13875 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 05:58:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from guava.blueberry.co.uk ([194.70.52.51]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA13870 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 05:58:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nik@localhost) by guava.blueberry.co.uk (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA10565 for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:56:02 +0100 (BST) From: Nik Clayton Message-Id: <199609101256.NAA10565@guava.blueberry.co.uk> Subject: vipw for /var/yp/master.passwd? To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:56:02 +0100 (BST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, Is there an equivalent to 'vipw' when editing the NIS master password file in /var/yp? From my reading of the manual pages, it seems as if a user in the NIS database were to change their password at the same time as 'root' on the NIS server is adding a new user then there is potential for data corruption/loss. Or am I missing something that safeguards against this? N -- --+=[ Blueberry Hill Blueberry Design ]=+-- --+=[ http://www.blueberry.co.uk/ 1/9 Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, ]=+-- --+=[ WebMaster@blueberry.co.uk London, England, SW10 0XE ]=+-- --+=[ See me - feel me - touch me - heal me ]=+--