Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 21:28:00 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: Matt Harrington <matt@ucsd.EDU> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't add +::::::::: to passwd file Message-ID: <20001009212800.A10532@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <003f01c03241$a6860d40$6245da80@ucsf.edu>; from "Matt Harrington" on Mon Oct 9 15:38:31 GMT 2000 References: <003f01c03241$a6860d40$6245da80@ucsf.edu>
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In the last episode (Oct 09), Matt Harrington said: > I'm trying to set up FreeBSD 4.1 as a NIS client. "ypcat passwd" > works fine and I can "su" to users. I can't get the passwd file to > pull in NIS accounts though. > > I've read the manpage for passwd(5) and I read the handbook as well. > I added "+:::::::::" with vipw but /etc/passwd still has "+:*:::::" > in it. That is to say, the password field is locked and I can't log > in with NIS accounts. The password field isn't locked. /etc/passwd is actually not used by anything any more. It's just there to make people happy when they look for it, basically :) Your problem must be somewhere else. Make sure you have installed the DES libraries; otherwise your system won't be able to validate any of the passwords in NIS. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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