Nathaniel Schein wrote:
>
> I am trying to set up NIS with FreeBSD. On bootup ypbind has no problem and
> if I do a `ypwhich` it will show the NIS master. Moreover, when I do a
> `ypcat passwd` the passwd list is displayed. When I try to use `vipw` to
> place a '+' at the end of the passwd file, the consistancy checks do not
> allow me. Must I edit the passwd file directly and use `pwd_mkdb` to resolve
> this problem, or is there another solution?
Edit the passwd database with vipw. Append the following line to the end:
+:::::::::
That's 9 colons there, anything else will not do.
> Also, when I do a `ypwhich -x` not all the maps held by the NIS master are
> shown. Does somebody know why? By the way the NIS master running FreeBSD
> 2.11 and the client is running v.3.2. The master is correctly configured and
> integrated with an IRIX network.
FreeBSD 2.11? Never heard of such a beast. Do you mean 2.1.1? Ugh!
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