Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 16:24:05 -0500 From: Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu> To: WarrenHead <warrenhead@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: configuring nis Message-ID: <46520DF5.3020808@cs.okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <46520AFA.1080601@gmail.com> References: <46520271.8080004@gmail.com> <465204AE.1070308@cs.okstate.edu> <46520AFA.1080601@gmail.com>
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Written by WarrenHead on 05/21/07 16:11>> > Reid Linnemann schreef: >> Written by WarrenHead on 05/21/07 15:34>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have been having some trouble with getting NIS working on my >>> freebsd server. Mainly because I have never before used this. >>> >>> I now have it working, but there is an odd inconsistency which I >>> don't know how to remove/update. >>> >>> I changed the gid of a user with: 'pw usermod -n sam -g 1000', but >>> this change is not reflected in the yp maps. I did recreate the maps >>> again with 'ypinit -m', but I guess that was not the trick I needed >>> to update the maps. >>> >>> So, now when I run 'ypcat passwd', I see something like this: >>> sam:*:1000:1001:Sam Genter:/home/sam:/usr/local/bin/bash >>> >>> while I also see this: 'id sam' >>> uid=1000(sam) gid=1000(sam) groups=1000(sam), 100(users) >>> >>> The difference is thus the gid. >>> >>> I can find information about updating/pushing the maps onto slave >>> servers, but not about getting changes into the maps on the sole nis >>> server I have. >>> >>> Cheers, Warren >>> >> >> pw by default works on the local /etc/passwd, not the yp passwd >> database. I suggest reading about the -y option in the manpage: >> >> -y path >> >> This sets the pathname of the database used by NIS if you are not >> sharing the information from /etc/master.passwd directly with NIS. You >> should only set this option for NIS servers. >> >> >> > Ah ofcourse. I wasn't using the default /etc/master.passwd because that > one contains way more users than I want to share among machines. > Thanks for the heads up! > > Cheers, Warren Also of interest should be the -Y option, which when used with the -y flag automatically triggers a 'make' in /var/yp.
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