From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 8 01:08:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA02197 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 8 Mar 1997 01:08:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de [134.147.6.16]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA02192 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 1997 01:08:29 -0800 (PST) Received: (from roberte@localhost) by ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (8.8.4/8.8.4) id KAA00475; Sat, 8 Mar 1997 10:08:01 +0100 (CET) From: Robert Eckardt Message-Id: <199703080908.KAA00475@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Subject: Re: How do I create an NIS Master? In-Reply-To: <199703080458.VAA09645@obie.softweyr.ml.org> from Wes Peters at "7. Mar. 97 21:55:40" To: softweyr@xmission.com (Wes Peters) Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 10:08:01 +0100 (CET) Cc: langfod@dihelix.com, questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk It was Wes Peters who wrote: > David Langford asked: > > Is there a version of vipw(8) that works with the passwd > > files being in /var/yp? It makes editing the files much easier. > > I replied: > % No, but you don't really need one since you don't need to lock the > % files while editing. All vipw adds to vi is to lock the passwd > % database while you're editing; these locks are not supported with NIS. While we are at it: Is there a program that allows setting of the PW field in /var/yp/master.passwd ? This way the root@NISmasterserver could give passwords to all too forgetting users without too much editing. Robert -- Robert Eckardt \\ FreeBSD -- solutions for a large universe.(tm) RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de \\ What do you want to boot tomorrow ?(tm) http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte For PGP-key finger roberte@gluon.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de