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- From: k2@bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de (Klaus Steinberger)
- Subject: Re: Does yp use a user named `+' with no password?
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- Sender: news@news.lrz-muenchen.de (Mr. News)
- Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany)
- References: <DAVE.92Aug20141601@pipi.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
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- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 07:43:33 GMT
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- dave@pipi.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp (David Wuertele) writes:
-
- >I found the user `+' in my /etc/passwd file and it had no password. I
- >inserted a `*' for the password, and within an hour somebody complained
- >that they couldn't log into my computer using yp anymore. I didn't see
- >any reference to this in the man pages. What's up?
-
- The '+' pulls in the passwd file from YP. The fields are all filled in
- by YP, but with precedence for the local file. As an example, you could do
- the following:
-
- +::::::/bin/someshell
-
- So all user which are served by YP would get /bin/someshell on your system
- instead of their normal default shell.
-
- What you have done, was to disable all of them with the '*' in their
- password fields.
-
- Sincerely,
- Klaus Steinberger
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- Klaus Steinberger Beschleunigerlabor der TU und LMU Muenchen
- Phone: (+49 89)3209 4287 Hochschulgelaende
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