From owner-freebsd-current Fri Apr 2 17:39:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mordred.cs.ucla.edu (Mordred.CS.UCLA.EDU [131.179.48.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26C9E150EF for ; Fri, 2 Apr 1999 17:39:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scottm@mordred.cs.ucla.edu) Received: from mordred.cs.ucla.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mordred.cs.ucla.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA62524; Fri, 2 Apr 1999 17:38:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scottm@mordred.cs.ucla.edu) Message-Id: <199904030138.RAA62524@mordred.cs.ucla.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: YP/NIS and passwd weirdness In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 02 Apr 1999 17:29:12 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 17:38:51 -0800 From: Scott Michel Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Umm- it's never supposed to have been with a '*' in it for this YP > implementation, I believe. Fixing the security check would be a good > thing. Going to pam/nsswitch.conf would be even better. Been that way for years, ever since I started supporting a SCO box oh these many years ago with a UUCP mail link. (System administration in the small company at the time was more than enough motivation to go to graduate school. Where I'm admining Lixia Zhang's machines. :-) Getting an nsswitch.conf-ish type file might not be such a bad thing and would consolidate some of the current set of hacks. -scooter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message