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Date:      Sat, 13 May 2000 15:06:04 -0400
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        Kiril Mitev <kiril@ideaglobal.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /usr/bin/passwd hangs ...
Message-ID:  <20000513150604.B47176@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <200005131631.QAA19083@loki.ideaglobal.com>; from kiril@ideaglobal.com on Sat, May 13, 2000 at 04:31:03PM %2B0000
References:  <200005131631.QAA19083@loki.ideaglobal.com>

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On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 04:31:03PM +0000, Kiril Mitev wrote:
> this on a more-or-less brand new install of f-bsd 4.o release 
> 
> after I finished the install, i logged-on as root and created a user account
> 
> after that i tried to set the account's password
> 
> passwd USER
> 
> 
> that command hangs for about10-15 minutes before coming up with the next 
> prompt....
> 
> what IS it looking for and can I disable that , please ??

Do you have NIS turned on?
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Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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