Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:22:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Jane Frodo <jfrodo42@hotmail.com> Cc: jegelhof@cloud9.net, dhw@whistle.com, FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG, ghelmer@scl.ameslab.gov Subject: Re: NIS: The saga continues... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809221322090.29981-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980921215838.1744.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Jane Frodo wrote: > > OK Everyone: that was it! The star in the "magic cookie" > was what was locking everyone out. > > Just a side note: everyone always refers newbies to > Managing NIS & NFS by the O'Reilly folks, and I > normally swear by them: but they are adamant about > that star! > > *IS* there a security risk of an account loggin in as "+" > with no password? The + cookie is *magic*, getpwent() will interpret it as appropriate. It won't get interpreted as a real user entry. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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