From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed May 31 09:23:04 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id JAA21281 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 31 May 1995 09:23:04 -0700 Received: from skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (skynet.ctr.columbia.edu [128.59.64.70]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id JAA21261 ; Wed, 31 May 1995 09:23:01 -0700 Received: (from wpaul@localhost) by skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (8.6.8/8.6.6) id LAA01279; Wed, 31 May 1995 11:19:39 -0400 From: "House of Debuggin'" Message-Id: <199505311519.LAA01279@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Subject: Add NIS config to sysinstall, please To: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 11:19:34 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1433 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Maybe it's really cleverly hidden, but I wasn't able to find a NIS client configuration option in the 'Network Services Configuration' menu. I suggest adding an menu for this. The following steps would be involved: 1) Ask the user for the NIS domain name to use. 2) Put this domain name into /etc/sysconfig 3) Change nisclient_flags in /etc/sysconfig from "NO" to "-s" 4) Add '+:::::::::' to /etc/master.passwd (and rebuild the password database) 5) Add '+:*::' to /etc/group This will turn on basic NIS services. It is also possible to use NIS for /etc/netgroups, /etc/ethers, /etc/bootparams, and of course /etc/hosts if you're really into that sort of thing. For 2.1, I also suggest adding options to turn on and configure rarpd and bootparamd, along with a warning that rarpd requires BPF support in the kernel. Someone will have to add entries to /etc/rc for these services first, of course. :) -Bill -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~T~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Møøse Illuminati: ignore it and be confused, or join it and be confusing! ~~~~~~~~~ FreeBSD 2.1: "We can kick your operating system's ass!" ~~~~~~~~~~