Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 21:24:35 +1000 From: Mark Hannon <markhannon@optushome.com.au> To: Christopher Schulte <christopher@schulte.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS implementation question (system VS map passwords) Message-ID: <3B7BAD73.2C43BDB3@optushome.com.au> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20010815204310.027a3bb8@pop.schulte.org>
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> since services like pop3 on server need updated passwords. And shell/ftp > need the same on the client. Move all your user accounts to /var/yp as you describe in next paragraph. Add +::::::::: to bottom of both client and server master.passwd. Add +::: to bottom of client and server /etc/group Make sure you are running the server also as a NIS client!!!!!! > The obvious solution is to cp /etc/master.passwd to /var/yp and edit out > the admin accounts before building NIS maps. But then my users can only > use yppasswd on client to update /var/yp/master.passwd (which grants access > to shell) and not nis server's /etc/master.passwd (used to access pop3 on > server). As long as you add the + lines into both server and client master.passwd then your pop server will use your yp maps as well. /mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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