Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 15:46:41 +0100 (MET) From: W.Belgers@nl.cis.philips.com (Walter Belgers) To: branson.matheson@ferginc.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NIS/uids Message-ID: <199702041446.PAA04101@giga.lss.cp.philips.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970204090156.19773L-100000@toth.hq.ferg.com> from Branson Matheson at "Feb 4, 97 09:42:54 am"
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Branson Matheson writes: > > > +user::::::::/home/john:/usr/local/bin/tcsh > > > > The problem now is that the security on my system has become dependant > > on that of the NIS server. > > That is a fact. because you are using that information from an NIS > server, you will _always_ have a security risk from that server. I know. Normally, one would have the same system administrator for the server and all clients, so it would be no problem at all. In this particular case, I only use NIS to keep the passwords synchronised, the NIS server is not controlled by me. > > The obvious solution is to override the uid in the password file: > > +user::1234:1234:::::/home/john:/usr/local/bin/tcsh > > You can do that .. but at this point the only win you have over > seperate entries in the PW file is a single global password. That's just what I want. > -branson Cheers, Walter. -- Ir. W.H.B. Belgers, Internet Security Specialist phone: +31 40 2782753 Origin IT Syst.Man. /Nederland bv, Bldg VN-513 email: fax: +31 40 2784697 P.O. Box 218, 5600 MD Eindhoven, Netherlands W.Belgers@nl.cis.philips.com non-business-email: walter@giga.nl -web: http://www.IAEhv.nl/users/gigawalt
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