From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 3 00:51:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA05457 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 00:51:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA05437 for ; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 00:51:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA27929; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 00:51:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 00:51:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Salvatore Riccio cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't rlogin using nis (yp) In-Reply-To: <000d01bda4a2$3ca75b60$b1802599@win95> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Salvatore Riccio wrote: > I've installed freebsd 2.2.6-RELEASE and enabled ypbind in rc.conf. A "ps" > shows that the process is running. I issue the command: > > ypcat passwd | grep > > which shows that the freebsd system queries the yp server which returns the > user information. The /etc/passwd file on the FreeBSD system was edited to > include the in the last line > > +:*:0:0:::::: You actually want to add the token +::::::::: to the master password file using `vipw'; next time you edit the password database your changes to /etc/passwd will be erased. The URL referenced in another email is an excellent primer. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message