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From: Wankle Rotary Engine <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>
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Subject: NIS stuff update
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Date: Sat, 31 Dec 1994 22:14:29 -0500 (EST)
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Just to let you all know, I've made a fair amount of progress in
trying to put together a YP server-side implementation for FreeBSD 2.x. 
Here's what I've got so far:

- Compiled and successfully tested the Linux (NYS) ypserv-0.11
  YP server.

- Converted the YP server to use FreeBSD's native db library
  (instead of GNU dbm).

- Converted the makedbm program from the yps-0.21 package to use
  FreeBSD's db library. This program can be used to create and
  dump the YP maps for use with ypserv. (ypserv-0.11 comes with
  two seperate programs for creating and listing database files
  which I decided not to use.) Named the new program yp_mkdb to
  match the other FreeBSD database creation programs.

- Fixed the ypMakefile supplied with the ypserv-0.11 package to
  a) actually work and b) use the yp_mkdb program.

- Compiled yppasswd and yppasswdd from the yppasswd-0.5 package
  (found in the same place as the NYS YP server). Note that this
  package doesn't appear to be GPL'ed.

- Successfully tested yppasswd with a SunOS 4.1.x YP server.

Things I still need to do:

- 'deamon-ify' ypserv -- it doesn't currently background itself. Need
  to add call to daemon() and force error messages to be logged
  instead of printed to stderr.

- Liberate ypxfr and yppush from the yps-0.21 package and make them
  work with ypserv-0.11. (If I can.)

- Flesh out the ypxfr stub function in the YP server.

- Teach yppasswdd how to handle FreeBSD's password database system.

- Go on a major bug hunt.

- Have my head examined.

I don't suppose anybody knows how to export /etc/master.passwd without
the whole world being able to see it.

While I'm here, I've got a couple of questions:

1) I noticed some references to two new CD-ROM drivers (pcd and scd)
   after supping the latest sources, but the actual drivers aren't there
   yet. Anybody know when they're scheduled to materialize?

2) Exactly when is 2.1 due to be released anyway? :)


-Bill

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