Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 02:52:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Thorsten Steentjes <tst@guug.de> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/29215: NIS Section in Handbook should be more detailed Message-ID: <200107250952.f6P9q9u35284@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 29215 >Category: docs >Synopsis: NIS Section in Handbook should be more detailed >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 25 03:00:01 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Thorsten Steentjes >Release: 4.3-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: Section 18.7.4.2 "NIS Servers" of the FreeBSD Handbook needs to be more detailed.The installation of a NIS master server is written like a "step-by-step" tutorial, but there are some missing items. >How-To-Repeat: Install a NIS master server like described in the NIS Servers section and try to update a NIS useraccount, e.g. setting a new password with yppasswd. >Fix: The following steps should be added to the NIS section: - necessary lines in /etc/rc.conf to start ypbind on the NIS server and bind it to the NIS master with the -S option. - delete NIS users from /etc/master.passwd after copying it to /var/yp/master.passwd - it's useful to keep a "normal" useraccount in /etc/master.passwd which is a member of the wheel group for the situation when the ypserv or rpc.yppasswdd dies and you want to logon from a remote machine to become root and restart the server processes. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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