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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!col.hp.com!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hp-cv!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!news.willamette.edu!news.orst.edu!news.uidaho.edu!usenet From: Faried Nawaz <fn@uidaho.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: NIS/YP Date: 28 Aug 1995 17:51:52 -0700 Organization: posix power! Lines: 19 Sender: fn@big-brother.csrv.uidaho.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <nfhh31v8ev.fsf@big-brother.csrv.uidaho.edu> References: <41sc94$o74@buffnet2.buffnet.net> Reply-To: fn@uidaho.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: big-brother.csrv.uidaho.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-reply-to: root@buffnet.net's message of 28 Aug 1995 12:19:48 GMT X-Newsreader: (ding) Gnus v0.99.13 In article <41sc94$o74@buffnet2.buffnet.net> root@buffnet.net (Superuser) writes: $ My question - what do I do to get the freebsd system to use yp/nis for $ logins? Do I need to twiddle the /etc/passwd or master.passwd file in $ some way? I know I read something 100 years ago on how sun does it - $ something to do with +'s on a line but Ill be dragged thru mud if I can $ find the book I read it in. add +::::::::: to the end of your /etc/master.passwd. add +::: to the end of your /etc/group (if you need/want to).