Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 16:45:26 +0200 (MEST) From: kuku@wcarchive.cdrom.com, org@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: misc/4249: NIS ypchsh doesn change shell Message-ID: <199708081445.QAA06966@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Resent-Message-ID: <199708081450.HAA22230@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4249
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: ypchsh doesn't care about changing a user shell
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Aug 8 07:50:01 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Christoph Kukulies
>Organization:
I. PHysikalisches Institut RWTH Aachen
>Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:
3.0-current of June/Juli NIS/YP server and dito clients
>Description:
changing the user shell on a NIS client e.g. from tcsh to sh
doesn't result in an effective chane in the server database.
>How-To-Repeat:
login into client as normal user.
tcsh> ypchsh
the editor comes up with a password file fields.
change the shell field to sh.
logout
login again
shell did not change
The logs (/var/yp/ypupdate.log) on the server show that there
has been activity upon the client request, only there is
no change.
>Fix:
currently none available
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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