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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!startide.ctr.columbia.edu!wpaul From: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu (Bill Paul) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: NIS/YP documentation? Date: 20 Aug 1996 15:50:04 GMT Organization: Columbia University Center for Telecommunications Research Lines: 39 Message-ID: <4vcmrc$ifn@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> References: <4vb2cm$krs@linux.sjs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: startide.ctr.columbia.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Daring to challenge the will of the almighty Leviam00se, root (root@linux.sjs.com) had the courage to say: : I've been trying to setup a FreeBSD system to use a YP served password : database without any luck. I can do a ypcat and see the data fine, the problem : is when I add the "+:" yp redirect in the password file, vipw complains about : it and won't generate a new local password database. : Can anyone tell me how to setup a FreeBSD system to use the NIS : database? Is there any documentation on how to build an NIS server on a : FreeBSD system? For the umpity-umpth time: read the passwd(5) man page. It explains everything you should do (and shouldn't do) to use NIS passwd maps. There's a reason vipw complains about "+:" : it _isn't_ a valid entry and you shouldn't be trying to put it there. What you _should_ be using is: +::::::::: . That is is a valid entry and vipw will happily accept it. As for the server, read the ypserv(8) man page and the yp(4) man page. These should help. Generating the maps for ypserv is usually as simple as: # domainname my.nis.domain # cd /var/yp # echo "servername" > ypservers # make To start the server automatically at boot time, see /etc/sysconfig. -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ============================================================================= "If you're ever in trouble, go to the CTR. Ask for Bill. He will help you." =============================================================================