Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 17:17:16 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: WarrenHead <warrenhead@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: configuring nis Message-ID: <44fy5p98rn.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <46520271.8080004@gmail.com> (warrenhead@gmail.com's message of "Mon\, 21 May 2007 22\:34\:57 %2B0200") References: <46520271.8080004@gmail.com>
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WarrenHead <warrenhead@gmail.com> writes: > I have been having some trouble with getting NIS working on my freebsd > server. Mainly because I have never before used this. > > I now have it working, but there is an odd inconsistency which I don't > know how to remove/update. > > I changed the gid of a user with: 'pw usermod -n sam -g 1000', but > this change is not reflected in the yp maps. I did recreate the maps > again with 'ypinit -m', but I guess that was not the trick I needed to > update the maps. > > So, now when I run 'ypcat passwd', I see something like this: > sam:*:1000:1001:Sam Genter:/home/sam:/usr/local/bin/bash > > while I also see this: 'id sam' > uid=1000(sam) gid=1000(sam) groups=1000(sam), 100(users) > > The difference is thus the gid. > > I can find information about updating/pushing the maps onto slave > servers, but not about getting changes into the maps on the sole nis > server I have. This depends on where the sources for the maps are stored on the master. If NIS on the master is not getting its data directly from /etc/master.passwd, then I think you need to give the "-y" option to the pw(8) command to get it to change the maps. [Or you can just edit the files directly. That's what I do on my (very small) home network.]
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