From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 15 18:55:11 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1938D16A417 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:55:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C045213C448 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:55:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l9FIt9Qu055586 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:55:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daleco.biz Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ezekiel.daleco.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id urKIkQHcHnP9 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:55:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz (dsl.daleco.biz [209.125.108.70]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l9FIt1Cv055553 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:55:02 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <4713B780.4050205@daleco.biz> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:54:56 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070418 SeaMonkey/1.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20071015054707.GA34948@parts-unknown.org> In-Reply-To: <20071015054707.GA34948@parts-unknown.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Following directions doesn't seem to work: Adding users in NIS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:55:11 -0000 David Benfell wrote: > Hello all, > > Where are there working directions for adding users under NIS? > > The instructions in the FreeBSD handbook don't seem to result in > added users being propagated out to slaves. And the failure is > silent, so I have no idea what I'm really supposed to be doing > to make this work. > > All I know is that added users end up in the main /etc/passwd > and /etc/master.passwd; the -Y option to pw seems to change nothing > other than to consume time "updating" (but I don't know what, since > the changes I'm looking for don't appear) various maps and "pushing" > the maps. > > And, having evidently done the *wrong* thing, how do I fix the > added users so they now appear in NIS? > Stupid question here, so I'll be the one to ask (seems a perfect job for a troll like me), did you read pw.conf(5)? Kevin Kinsey -- Join in the new game that's sweeping the country. It's called Bureaucracy. Everybody stands in a circle. The first person to do anything loses.