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Date:      Thu, 8 May 1997 19:03:41 +0200 (MEST)
From:      Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
To:        andrzej@tu.kielce.pl (Andrzej Szydlo)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, andrzej@eden.tu.kielce.pl
Subject:   Re: NIS/yp '+' entries in passwd and group
Message-ID:  <199705081703.TAA10073@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
In-Reply-To: <199705081121.NAA02208@tu.kielce.pl> from Andrzej Szydlo at "May 8, 97 01:21:42 pm"

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> Hi,
> 
> How should '+' enries in /etc/passwd and /etc/group files look like
> and how do I add them for NIS/yp to work? I use FreeBSD 2.2 on both
> client and server.
> I tried to add +:*:: and some other combinations using vipw, but it
> always complained about wrong format.


+:::::::::  

(9 colons) is the correct entry for the last line. Lazier entries
like +: (as it was possible to do under SunOS 4.1.x) seem to be no
longer possible

> 
> ypcat passwd gives me a complete list of entries.
> 
> TIA
> Andrzej
> 

--
Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de



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