From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 20 6:54: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42A1537B401 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 06:54:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D369343E75 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 06:54:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAKErvx2053499 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:53:57 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gAKErq4Z053498 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:53:52 GMT Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:53:52 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS/YP Message-ID: <20021120145352.GB51656@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <001301c2909b$e4e2e1c0$f8dafea9@svenskavnt180x> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001301c2909b$e4e2e1c0$f8dafea9@svenskavnt180x> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message