Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 22:27:52 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Mike Nowlin <mike@argos.org> Subject: Re: NIS strangeness Message-ID: <199906070227.WAA16969@smtp1.erols.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpzp2da2wa.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On 06-Jun-99 Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Mike Nowlin <mike@argos.org> writes: >> > Did you add the +::::::: entry to the passwd file? >> > Be sure to do group as well, if that's the problem. ;^) >> Used "vipw" to add it into /etc/master.passwd, and /etc/passwd now hsa >> +:*::::: in it..... Seems OK there..... :) > > Remove the star - that's what's preventing kathleen from logging in. If it was in /etc/master.passwd, yes. In /etc/passwd, no. At least, I run a lab of 80+ machines running NIS over FreeBSD and Digital Unix and all the FreeBSD clients have +:::::::: in /etc/master.passwd and +:*::::::: in /etc/passwd. > DES > -- > Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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