From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Sep 22 6:52:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from privatecube.privatelabs.com (ppp192.max-01.intercom.com [198.143.0.192]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A72C237B422 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 06:52:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from misha.privatelabs.com (root@misha.privatelabs.com [198.143.31.6]) by privatecube.privatelabs.com (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id JAA02859; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 09:11:24 -0400 Received: from virtual-estates.net (mi@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by misha.privatelabs.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA56381; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 09:52:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mi@virtual-estates.net) Message-Id: <200009221352.JAA56381@misha.privatelabs.com> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 09:52:03 -0400 (EDT) From: mi@aldan.algebra.com Subject: Re: Request for change to /etc/rc script To: Vivek Khera Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <14795.23115.58191.605588@onceler.kciLink.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 22 Sep, Vivek Khera wrote: = >>>>> "DT" == Damien Tougas writes: = = DT> I would disagree with you there. We do not want to have root password = DT> files on hundreds of thin client workstations, if we have to change = DT> the root password for those workstations, we want to change it once. = = rdist is your friend. Here's a nice simple rdist file to send around = the password and group files: [...] This is how to live without NIS at all. If you'd like to use it, though, you need to have the reported bug fixed... -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message