Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 13:17:28 -0500 From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> To: "[gill]" <gill@topsecret.net> Cc: unfurl@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS: Handbook sec. 15.5.3.2.2. Message-ID: <200002101817.NAA33753@benge.graphics.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: Message from "[gill]" <gill@topsecret.net> of "Thu, 10 Feb 2000 12:51:04 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002101241310.910-100000@pacific.int.topsecret.net>
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>I have a question about how to keep the slave servers updated. In the >handbook section there is a reference to > "...entries on your slave servers should do the job: >20 * * * * root /usr/libexec/ypxfr >passwd.byname >21 * * * * root /usr/libexec/ypxfr >passwd.byuid" > >The handbook does not indicate where these two lines should go. > >Where should these lines go and could you include a short paragraph >explaining a little more about what their inclusion will do/change? They should go in /etc/crontab. There is a section in the ypxfr(8) man page that explains their purpose. About the 4th paragraph down. -Mitch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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