Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:09:47 -0600 From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for change to /etc/rc script Message-ID: <200009212009.e8LK9m113036@orthanc.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 Sep 2000 13:01:10 PDT." <20000921130109.Y9141@fw.wintelcom.net>
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>>>>> "Alfred" == Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> writes:
Alfred> Shouldn't NIS have a "first found" option so that
Alfred> root:wheel doesn't need NIS resolution?
It does. Nothing goes to NIS until the magic + entry is seen.
(I'm not sure exactly how nsswitch.conf will change this, but presumably
you would list 'files" before 'nis'.)
Alfred> I'd rather see NIS fixed than the rc system hacked to
Alfred> death because of NIS brain death.
It's not a NIS bug, it's operator error. Not having local entries
for root and wheel is just asking for trouble.
--lyndon
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