Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 15:44:30 -0500 From: Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu> To: WarrenHead <warrenhead@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: configuring nis Message-ID: <465204AE.1070308@cs.okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <46520271.8080004@gmail.com> References: <46520271.8080004@gmail.com>
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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.
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