Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 19:05:52 -0600 (CST) From: Justen Stepka <raistlin@ecp.net> To: Ernie Elu <ernie@spooky.eis.net.au> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970401190337.13588A-100000@bullfrog.ecp.net> In-Reply-To: <199704011227.WAA04276@spooky.eis.net.au>
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On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Ernie Elu wrote: > I have a network with 3x Linux servers and 3x FreeBSD servers on it that I > am trying to get NIS running on. One of the FreeBSD servers is to be the > ypserv master and another will be a slave. The linux boxes are 2x terminal > servers and 1x shell + pop server thus they will just be clients. > > Do I have to run DES passwords on the FreeBSD machines as they are all > currently MD5? Yes you do, it's really easy to install. > The Debian/Linux machines are all running shadow passwords which I > guess are still DES. I would personaly run FreeBSD on all the machines because if you want to export the shadow stuff it's insecure and your users will be able to see the passwd feild. FreeBSD's NIS is like SunOS in that the passwd feild is not shown with any ypcat map.
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