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Date:      Sat, 13 May 2000 21:45:05 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Kiril Mitev <kiril@ideaglobal.com>
To:        cjclark@home.com
Cc:        kiril@ideaglobal.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /usr/bin/passwd hangs ...
Message-ID:  <200005132145.VAA19467@loki.ideaglobal.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000513150604.B47176@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> from "Crist J. Clark" at "May 13, 2000  3: 6: 4 pm"

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> On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 04:31:03PM +0000, Kiril Mitev wrote:
> > this on a more-or-less brand new install of f-bsd 4.o release 
> > 
> > after I finished the install, i logged-on as root and created a user account
> > 
> > after that i tried to set the account's password
> > 
> > passwd USER
> > 
> > 
> > that command hangs for about10-15 minutes before coming up with the next 
> > prompt....
> > 
> > what IS it looking for and can I disable that , please ??
> 
> Do you have NIS turned on?
> -- 
> Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com
> 

Good question .. why would it be turned on by the default install ????

Will check anyway, thanks



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