Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 08:28:53 +0100 (CET) From: Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se> To: Eric <eric@tek-shop.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: NIS & wheel/su problems Message-ID: <XFMail.20011108082853.mj@isy.liu.se> In-Reply-To: <000c01c167bc$70143690$0c01a8c0@setibox>
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On 07-Nov-2001 Eric wrote: > So I'm setting up NIS on our network and it seems like it's working just > fine. On the master server, I build the maps from the system files and my > user is part of the wheel group, so I can su. On all the NIS client > machines, no local users (except root of course) have been set up, so the > clients wheel group doesn't contain my user, but the NIS wheel group does. I > use the NIS include symbol at the bottom of the client machines group file. > Now I can log into these clients fine as myself, but they won't let me su to > root because the local wheel group is found first, and doesn't include me. > If I take the wheel group out of the local file, I get errors on bootup. > > Is there a way around this?? Is there a way to augment a group with NIS > users?? I solced this by having myself hardcoded in each /etc/group. Didn't find another way round it:( > > Also, according to the handbook, I'm supposed to copy my master.passwd file > into the yp directory, and manually edit it to remove system accounts that > shouldn't be propagated. But that means everytime I add a user, I have to > add them to the master server, copy the file, and edit it all over again. > That seems too roundabout. The other problem with that is users who change > their password with yppasswd, have their new passwords destroyed when the > /var/yp/master.passwd is overwritten by the one from /etc. Is there a better > way to do this, or is it really a big deal to have the system accounts > appear in NIS. Can I just add, remove, and yppasswd users normally, and have > NIS use the /etc/master.passwd file so that everything is in sync?? By modifying /var/yp/Makefile it will point at /etc/master.passwd: : : PASSWD = /etc/passwd MASTER = /etc/master.passwd #PASSWD = $(YPDIR)/passwd #.if !defined(MASTER_PASSWD) #MASTER = $(YPDIR)/master.passwd #.else #MASTER = $(MASTER_PASSWD) : : After adding users I still have to do a make in /var/yp (or "pw -Y" will do it for me) but I don't have to copy it no more. /M > > Thanks > > eric > www.tek-shop.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- Michael Josefsson, MSEE mj@isy.liu.se This message was sent by XFMail running on FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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