Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 19:57:34 -0400 (EDT) From: "House of Debuggin'" <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> To: rls@kilroy.id.net (Robert Shady) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: YP Compatible password program? Or similar... Message-ID: <199505042357.TAA00158@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> In-Reply-To: <199505042316.TAA07743@kilroy.id.net> from "Robert Shady" at May 4, 95 07:16:28 pm
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They say this Robert Shady person was kidding when he wrote: > > We have several machines here that users can login to. We are currently > using one machine that they can't login into as the server machine, that > regularly copies down password files to the login machines.. Understand? > > Basically, we are looking for a freely available program that works > similar to the YP password program suite. It needs to run on FreeBSD. > > ==== Well, aside from the fact that it's widely regarded as insecure, why not just use YP/NIS? FreeBSD-current has both client and server-side NIS support, including yppasswd and yppasswdd. (It does not have yp_update() or ypupdated, however. Fortunately, few people seem to use them.) -Bill -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~T~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Møøse Illuminati: ignore it and be confused, or join it and be confusing! ~~~~~~~~~ FreeBSD 2.1: "We can kick your operating system's ass!" ~~~~~~~~~~
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