Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 02:06:13 +1030 (CST) From: Justin Hawkins <justin@tardis.mx.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Basic NIS help needed Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912270202010.916-100000@gw.tardis.mx.com.au>
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Hi, I have a small network which I am trying to get NIS going on. It's mostly setup OK. On the client I can use ypcat to see the passwd file for instance. I can even use yppasswd to change the password of a user on the server machine, from the client. What I can't do is authenticate local logins via NIS. I understand I need to add +:::::::: to /etc/passwd. But I have tried that - I seem to be doing something wrong. I'm a little confused - if I use 'vipw' to edit /etc/passwd (which I thought I was supposed to) it barfs when trying to exit - not liking the +:::::::: line. If I add it using just 'vi' it doesn't seem to work. Where does master.password come into this? Sorry - I'm a real NIS newbie - I couldn't find anything better than a Linux howto on the net :-( - Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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