Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 16:32:17 +1000 (EST) From: Nicholas Brawn <ncb@zip.com.au> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Mike Nowlin <mike@argos.org>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS strangeness Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9906061631420.5855-100000@zipper.zip.com.au> In-Reply-To: <375A0656.20DC59A7@softweyr.com>
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On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > Mike Nowlin wrote: > > > > Built a new 3.1-RELEASE machine to replace a 2.8-STABLE one -- moved all > > the important stuff over, and ran into a problem with NIS: > > > > As "mike" (my normal user) on the new box, "finger kathleen" works fine -- > > returns all the user data from the NIS server without any problems. > > Did you add the +::::::: entry to the passwd file? > Be sure to do group as well, if that's the problem. ;^) Correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't that a security hazard? Nick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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