Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 12:31:53 -0700 From: Greg Wiley <greg@loop.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Forced update of NIS passwords Message-ID: <199607041931.MAA04784@patty.loop.net>
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> The form/CGI works to update the password on > the main YP server, but the process of forcibly updating the client machines > is escaping me at this time. > > How can I force an update of the password file on the client machines ? Your script could launch make to push all the new NIS data but we found that it's usually too slow for a web response, especially if one of th clients go down. You can also run the YP make from cron every so often and let form users know that their changes will go into effect within the next whatever minutes. You can also have the YP clients pull their db information period- ically (you should do that anyway just in case a client misses a push). Whatever works. -greg
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