Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 23:11:22 +0200 From: WarrenHead <warrenhead@gmail.com> To: Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: configuring nis Message-ID: <46520AFA.1080601@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <465204AE.1070308@cs.okstate.edu> References: <46520271.8080004@gmail.com> <465204AE.1070308@cs.okstate.edu>
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Reid Linnemann schreef: > Written by WarrenHead on 05/21/07 15:34>> >> Hi, >> >> I have been having some trouble with getting NIS working on my freebsd >> server. Mainly because I have never before used this. >> >> I now have it working, but there is an odd inconsistency which I don't >> know how to remove/update. >> >> I changed the gid of a user with: 'pw usermod -n sam -g 1000', but >> this change is not reflected in the yp maps. I did recreate the maps >> again with 'ypinit -m', but I guess that was not the trick I needed to >> update the maps. >> >> So, now when I run 'ypcat passwd', I see something like this: >> sam:*:1000:1001:Sam Genter:/home/sam:/usr/local/bin/bash >> >> while I also see this: 'id sam' >> uid=1000(sam) gid=1000(sam) groups=1000(sam), 100(users) >> >> The difference is thus the gid. >> >> I can find information about updating/pushing the maps onto slave >> servers, but not about getting changes into the maps on the sole nis >> server I have. >> >> Cheers, Warren >> > > pw by default works on the local /etc/passwd, not the yp passwd > database. I suggest reading about the -y option in the manpage: > > -y path > > This sets the pathname of the database used by NIS if you are not > sharing the information from /etc/master.passwd directly with NIS. You > should only set this option for NIS servers. > > > Ah ofcourse. I wasn't using the default /etc/master.passwd because that one contains way more users than I want to share among machines. Thanks for the heads up! Cheers, Warren
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