Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 15:33:05 -0700 From: David Thiel <dthiel@nexprise.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: more fun NIS problems Message-ID: <39908AA1.4DB33D7@nexprise.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008082032510.310-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de>
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That was the key - I had that entry at the beginning. It looks like that solved my problem. Now, in the documentation, it says to copy master.passwd to /var/yp. Should I take out the system accounts from that file, so root isn't ever authenticated over NIS? If I do take those out, how to I rebuild the yp stuff after editing? Just do a make in /var/yp? thanks for your help, -david Paul Herman wrote: > > Hi David, > > On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, David Thiel wrote: > > > I tried ypserv -d, and no suspicious output was there - all the yp* > > commands appear normal, the only thing I could possibly think of is when > > I did a ypcat passwd, the root account was in the middle of the password > > file instead of its usual position at the top. Would that make any > > difference? > > In theory no, but position in the local /etc/passwd is important. > The fact that everything looks OK yp-wise probably means that you have > a local problem. > > In most NIS situations you have all local accounts first (like root, > toor, etc.) and then the "+:::::::::" very last. Other orderings may > produce results you may (or may not) want. > > man 5 passwd goes at length to explain how ordering is important. > > -Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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