From owner-freebsd-security Sun Jun 6 19:30:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from smtp4.erols.com (smtp4.erols.com [207.172.3.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BF3A14E9A for ; Sun, 6 Jun 1999 19:30:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jobaldwi@vt.edu) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (207-172-143-225.s34.as3.hgt.md.dialup.rcn.com [207.172.143.225]) by smtp4.erols.com (8.8.8/smtp-v1) with ESMTP id WAA09234; Sun, 6 Jun 1999 22:27:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199906070227.WAA09234@smtp4.erols.com> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <375A140C.5ABCA08D@softweyr.com> Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 22:27:04 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Wes Peters Subject: Re: NIS strangeness Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, Mike Nowlin Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 -- 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