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Date:      Fri, 3 Jul 1998 00:51:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Salvatore Riccio <svrmsn@email.msn.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can't rlogin using nis (yp)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980703005023.27028E-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <000d01bda4a2$3ca75b60$b1802599@win95>

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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 <user>
> 
> 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


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