From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Aug 5 05:32:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id FAA15161 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 05:32:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pino.ngonet.be (pino.ngonet.be [193.190.166.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA15156 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 05:32:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from koekiemonster.ngonet.be (tommie.ngonet.be [193.190.166.2]) by pino.ngonet.be (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id NAA02430 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 13:24:57 +0200 Message-ID: <3205E8C9.29EF@ngonet.be> Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 14:27:53 +0200 From: Gunter Loos Reply-To: Gunter.Loos@ngonet.be Organization: NgoNet Brussels X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Isp Questions @ FreeBSD" Subject: YP in a specific situation: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm currently running the 2.1.0 - Release on a demilitarized zone as a firewall. Alas, I'm also forced to use this one as the main dial-up server. This means it has a _lot_ of accounts on it, shadow passwords of course. Only ppp connections are run from here, happily enough no shells. All the mail-accounts however are situated on a linux 2.0.0 server on the same network. Accounts are made here, using the standard /etc/passwd file, and /etc/aliases for pop-names. Now my question is: how can I seemlessly introduce NIS on the two machines, making it possible for everyone to dial in, but having easier administration? Currently I have to create each user twice. So: o which NIS should I use? o how can I keep the password files, thus not recreating all the users? Thanks in advance, Gul. -- . .__ . |Nationaal Centrum voor OntwikkelingsSamenwerking vzw, NgoNet _| _ [ __ | |Voice Gunter.Loos@+32 2 5392620 Fax +32 2 5391343 (_](/, [_./(_|| |mailto:gul@ngonet.be "You are all weirdos." - Sam the Eagle ----MijnEigenWoordenNietVanIemandAnders - MyOwnExpressionsNotSomeoneElses----