Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:53:52 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS/YP Message-ID: <20021120145352.GB51656@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <001301c2909b$e4e2e1c0$f8dafea9@svenskavnt180x> References: <001301c2909b$e4e2e1c0$f8dafea9@svenskavnt180x>
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On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 02:45:32PM +0100, Kasper wrote:
> Hello, when i add a new user to my nis master i copy out the userline from
> /etc/master.passwd and
> copy it to
That's what pw(8)'s -V flag is for --- you can edit your
/var/yp/master.password directly.
> /var/yp/master.passwd.
>
> How do i update the userlist so i can log in with the new created user on my
> nis clients?
cd /var/yp
make
(The ypinit(8) program should have set up everything in /var/yp so
that will work.)
Cheers,
Matthew
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