Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 12:27:49 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: pgilley@metronet.com (Phil Gilley) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape and NIS Message-ID: <199701160157.MAA09130@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.95.970115192426.16426A-100000@fohnix.metronet.com> from Phil Gilley at "Jan 15, 97 07:26:29 pm"
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Phil Gilley stands accused of saying: > On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > > >I think that the only "other" solution to your problem would be to use > >a different POP mailreader (XFmail, exmh, etc.). I appreciate that this > >is not necessarily a practical answer in your case. > > Unfortunately I discovered today that users can't even use the Web > browser unless they are in the local password database. So now I > not only need a new mail reader, but a new browser too. That's pretty pathetic, really. There's a couple of options here; you can switch to the Linux binary, and see if that groks NIS, or you can use rdist and a cron job to distribute your password file from the NIS server. (uglee) > Phil Gilley -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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