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From: Thorsten Steentjes <tst@guug.de>
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Subject: docs/29215: NIS Section in Handbook should be more detailed
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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:

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