Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 00:00:22 -0500 From: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) To: "Charles N. Owens" <owensc@alpha.enc.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NIS (yp) and login recompile? Message-ID: <v02130501ac4df07b4250@[199.183.109.242]>
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kerberos: {42} cat /etc/passwd
root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh
daemon:*:1:31:Owner of many system processes:/root:
bin:*:3:7:Binaries Commands and Source,,,:/:/nonexistent
ftp:*:10:10:Ftp System:/pub:/bin/csh
ppp:*:99:65534:PPP User:/root:/usr/local/bin/ppplogin
rkw:*:1000:1000:Richard Wackerbarth:/home/rkw:/bin/csh
+:*:0:0:::
The last entry tells the scanner to go to the NIS database for more entries.
I have found that I need a few local entries to 1) protect me in case the
NIS is down
and 2) to speed up some very common lookups.
It seems to work. I'm sure I will hear if I am wrong. :-)
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Richard Wackerbarth
rkw@dataplex.net
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