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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 15:47:58 +1100
From: David Nugent <davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au>
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Subject: Re: Adding users to NIS
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On Feb 02, 1997 at 04:24:52AM, Troy Settle wrote:
> Ok, it's been a fun weekend so far, but before I head off to 
> dreamland, I'd like to find out the easiest way to add users to an 
> NIS domain.
~
> Does anyone have any adduser hacks for doing this?  Would you care to 
> share?

I'll shortly be adding patches in -current to pw(8) which provide
the ability to maintain password files elsewhere other than /etc
via a "-V dir" switch. It may also optionally be configured to
run 'make' in /var/yp after doing its work. This should provide
most of the components needed - all you need is a script front
end if you prefer an interactive Q&A rather than a command line
interface.


Regards,

David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia
Voice +61-3-9791-9547  Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507  3:632/348@fidonet
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