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  1. Xref: sparky comp.unix.admin:4763 comp.unix.misc:3422 comp.unix.sysv386:13758
  2. Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.sysv386
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!cudcv
  4. From: cudcv@warwick.ac.uk (Rob McMahon)
  5. Subject: Re: yp (nis) map changes - how do they happen
  6. Message-ID: <z7rpbsyc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>
  7. Keywords: passwd yp nis
  8. Sender: news@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Network news)
  9. Nntp-Posting-Host: shark
  10. Organization: Computing Services, Warwick University, UK
  11. References: <1992Aug27.180340.729@ilinx.wimsey.bc.ca> <lee.715021798@ceg.uiuc.edu> <cg51Hktf99@atlantis.psu.edu>
  12. Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 13:38:21 GMT
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  15. In article <cg51Hktf99@atlantis.psu.edu> barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr) writes:
  16. >Is yppasswd setuid root?  (It needs to be)
  17.  
  18. No, it doesn't.  At least not under SunOS 4.x.  Ours isn't, and it works fine.
  19. The security comes from the fact that the request contains the old password.
  20.  
  21. Cheers,
  22.  
  23. Rob
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  27. Rob McMahon, Computing Services, Warwick University, Coventry CV4 7AL, England
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