From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jul 20 11:09:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA00760 for current-outgoing; Sat, 20 Jul 1996 11:09:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fgate.flevel.co.uk (root@fgate.flevel.co.uk [194.6.101.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA00747 for ; Sat, 20 Jul 1996 11:09:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dev@localhost) by fgate.flevel.co.uk (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA06481; Sat, 20 Jul 1996 17:32:06 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 17:32:05 +0100 (BST) From: Developer To: Bill Paul cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help on setting up yp/nis In-Reply-To: <199607181747.NAA14490@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 18 Jul 1996, Bill Paul wrote: > For the umpity-umpth time: read the passwd(5) man page. (That's passwd(5), > not passwd(1); 'man 5 passwd'.) It explains quite clearly how to set up a > client to use the NIS passwd maps (and how not to do it). > > If, after reading this man page, you still have specific questions, > come back and ask them and I'll try to help. Thanks for the information, I didn't know there was a mention in the passwd man page - Ive just about got things sorted now after spending ages altering user id's so they don't clash *sigh* A couple of quick question.. what is the recommended way of handling users email? Does the NIS server always update the password database (/etc/passwd) as well as the yp version or can those be seperate? Thanks again. Trefor S.