Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:50:27 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NIS Linux - Ubuntu Message-ID: <20071220195027.GB54762@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <44fxxxphbh.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <54129.66383.qm@web54201.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <44fxxxphbh.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 09:32:50AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > RA Cohen <roy2098@yahoo.com> writes: > > > I am sorry, here is an addendum to my previous post: > > > >>>Somehow Ubuntu was given root user > > permissions<< > > > > Actually, upon rereading my notes, Ubuntu was only given permissions of the user doing the login - not root - but we could login with any valid user apparently FreeBSD thought it was presented with a wildcard password. > > > > And I can also verify that FreeBSD clients are able to use the password map when x is used instead of * in the map to represent the password. So I can secure the system using the x but still cannot get Ubuntu clients to authenticate. > > Sounds like Ubuntu is using the wrong map, probably one where it's > getting a different and empty field where it expects to find a password. The behavior with an asterisk instead of an X is pretty worrisome, however, and is not strictly Ubuntu's fault. Security of a server should not rely on the good will and competence of the client developers. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Baltasar Gracian: "A wise man gets more from his enemies than a fool from his friends."
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