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Date:      Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:56:02 +0100 (BST)
From:      Nik Clayton <nik@blueberry.co.uk>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   vipw for /var/yp/master.passwd?
Message-ID:  <199609101256.NAA10565@guava.blueberry.co.uk>

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Hi,

Is there an equivalent to 'vipw' when editing the NIS master password file
in /var/yp? From my reading of the manual pages, it seems as if a user
in the NIS database were to change their password at the same time as
'root' on the NIS server is adding a new user then there is potential for
data corruption/loss.

Or am I missing something that safeguards against this?

N
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