Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:03:52 -0500 (EST) From: Nate Johnston <freebsd@jnternet.net> To: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: root password in NIS maps Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008111158230.29027-100000@shell01.pns.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008111943090.10597-100000@finland.ispro.net.tr>
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On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Evren Yurtesen wrote: > I would like to have root password in NIS maps but there is only one > problem. When I login to a client machine everything works fine. I can > even use 'su' but when I use a command like 'ls -la' I see 0 for the UID > field of the output. > > Does anybody have root password in their NIS maps and it works fine? if > yes then how??? Having the password for user 'root' in your NIS maps is really a bad idea. What happens if the machine fails, and for some reason it can't connect to the NIS server? What happens when you want to use the server in single-user mode? probably the best thing to do is this: leave 'root' as a local UID 0 user as usual. On your NIS server, create a new user that also has UID 0, but with a centrally controlled password. Then, the local root will assert itself in all the usual ways (UID mapping, single-user-mode passwords), but you will be able to control root logins. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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