From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 9 06:34:47 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id GAA12224 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 9 Aug 1995 06:34:47 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id GAA12218 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 1995 06:34:45 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id XAA28205; Wed, 9 Aug 1995 23:31:39 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199508091401.XAA28205@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: NIS (yp) and login recompile? To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 23:31:38 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Richard Wackerbarth" at Aug 9, 95 08:11:42 am Content-Type: text Content-Length: 899 Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Richard Wackerbarth stands accused of saying: > > >Richard Wackerbarth stands accused of saying: > >... > >> +:*:0:0::: > >> > >> The last entry tells the scanner to go to the NIS database for more entries. > > > >There's been much discussion recently, with the conclusion that the > >right entry there is +:::::: - check the mail archives for more details. > > That is what I put in the master.passwd, but the passwd file reports it > differently :-( Did you edit master.passwd, or use vipw? > Richard Wackerbarth -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[