Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 22:27:04 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, Mike Nowlin <mike@argos.org> Subject: Re: NIS strangeness Message-ID: <199906070227.WAA09234@smtp4.erols.com> In-Reply-To: <375A140C.5ABCA08D@softweyr.com>
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On 06-Jun-99 Wes Peters wrote: > Mike Nowlin wrote: >> >> > >> > Did you add the +::::::: entry to the passwd file? >> > Be sure to do group as well, if that's the problem. ;^) >> >> Used "vipw" to add it into /etc/master.passwd, and /etc/passwd now hsa >> +:*::::: in it..... Seems OK there..... :) > > I'm not so sure about that *. If "ypmatch -k username passwd" works, > the network transport and NIS parts are working just fine. The star's fine, it's part of the shadow password stuff. We run NIS at a lab I administer with and our /etc/passwd's all have *'s in them, just like every other entry in /etc/passwd. > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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