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Subject: i386/9140: NIS "Magic cookie" in master.passwd slays non-NIS enabled systems
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>Number:         9140
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       NIS "Magic cookie" in master.passwd slays non-NIS enabled systems
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Dec 20 01:20:00 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     J.A. Terranson
>Organization:
Missouri FreeNet
>Release:        2.2.5-R
>Environment:
FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE (SUPPORT) #0: Thu Dec 17 23:14:31 CST 1998 
>Description:
On machines which are *not* NIS clients, having an NIS "cookie" in
the password database will cause a 300 second delay at the beginning
of any operation that looks up UID/GID info.


>How-To-Repeat:
Place a cookie *::::::::: into the password database, and make sure 
NIS is disabled.
>Fix:
Prior to calling NIS, check to see if it's enabled, rather than making the
call and letting it time out.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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