From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 15 17:58:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id RAA17171 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 17:58:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id RAA17166 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 17:58:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id MAA09130; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 12:27:50 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701160157.MAA09130@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Netscape and NIS In-Reply-To: from Phil Gilley at "Jan 15, 97 07:26:29 pm" To: pgilley@metronet.com (Phil Gilley) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 12:27:49 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 [[