On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:07:34 -0500 (EST) Mark Hennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: FreeBSD 6.x, NIS, local root password, and nsswitch.conf:
MH> I'm a bit unsure about it myself. MH> I tried exactly what you suggested, putting files on the compat line MH> and before nis for both passwd and groups on the NIS slave server MH> only, and no go. Perhaps it is the master server that actually MH> controls this? I don't know. Any further advice would be greatly MH> appreciated. Sorry to disturb, but I don't understand why you distribute the server's root pw via NIS at all. Is it really shown by "ypcat passwd" on the client? If so, how about removing it from the list of exported accounts? The nsswitch.conf I'm using here looks like this: group: nis files hosts: files nis dns passwd: nis files cu Gerrit _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
