Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 08:36:29 +0200 From: Matthias Meyser <Matthias.Meyser@harz.de> To: Ben Vaughn <bvaughn@prophetnetworks.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS Master and non-split passwd files Message-ID: <19990710083629.A11798@xenetserver.harz.de> In-Reply-To: <000b01beca61$063f4200$05fc473f@prophetnetworks.net>; from Ben Vaughn on Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 06:15:59PM -0500 References: <000b01beca61$063f4200$05fc473f@prophetnetworks.net>
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Hi On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 06:15:59PM -0500, Ben Vaughn wrote: > Hello again, > I just noticed that since I am using a /var/yp/master.passwd file, when > adding users I have to adduser on the master and then copy the entry over to > the /var/yp/master.passwd file. Does anyone know of how to keep these files > in sync with each other? I know its not advisable to make nis use > /etc/master.passwd, so I am avoiding that situation. If anyone knows of a > way to use /etc/master.passwd while stripping anything <UID1000, that would > also be nice. Just configure your nisserver as a nisclient too. (Put a "+:::::::" in /etc/passwd /master.passwd....) then put all local UIDS in /etc/master.passwd and all net uids to /var/yp/master.passwd this works here just fine. CU matthias -- \\ // N N EEE TTT Matthias Meyser, Meyser@harz.de \\ // eee NN N E T Gesellschaft fuer Informations- und \X/ e e N N N EE T Kommunikationssysteme mbH // \\ e ee N NN E T 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Burgstaetter Strasse 6 // \\ eeee N N EEE T Telefon: +49-5323-94018 Fax: +49-5323-94011 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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