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- From: mcr@csi.on.ca (Michael Richardson)
- Subject: Re: sendmail and NIS managed aliases problem
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.032028.28597@csi.on.ca>
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- References: <Aug24.163707.29089@cdsac.uucp> <BtJG8z.xys@icsbelf.uucp> <Aug25.214914.26624@cdsac.uucp>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 03:20:28 GMT
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- In article <Aug25.214914.26624@cdsac.uucp> scotte@cdsac.uucp (L. Scott Emmons) writes:
- >In article <BtJG8z.xys@icsbelf.uucp> ianm@icsbelf.uucp (Ian Moran) writes:
- >>The handling of the alias map by NIS in 3.1 is broken it ignores it and
-
- 3.1 NIS also ``forgets'' to consult the local password file. If an
- NIS server is not available, (like, because the network isn't there or
- the interface becomes foobar for some reason) then you can't login at
- all. Boot from tape. Moral: be very wary about letting 3.1.x machines
- run ypbind...
-
- >>instead consults only the local file ie /usr/lib/aliases.
- >>It is not necessary to have any NIS token in the alias file. The
- >>way it should work is that the local file is consulted first before the
- >>NIS map is used. IBM have supplied a fix for 3.2 but I am as yet unable
- >>to comment on whether or not this has fixed the problem.
-
- I got the patch. Yes, it works quite well. I've noticed that I
- occasionally need to be do a refresh -s sendmail on clients, but I
- haven't tracked that down, nor have I seen it lately.
-
- >major bugs: i.e. software that just plain doesn't work. Was it even
- >tested before being shipped?
-
- As if IBM is the only one that does this :-)
-
- >Token for AIX from O'Reilly & Assoc
- >
- >passwd +::0:0:: +:*:0:0:::
- >group +: +:*:*
- >aliases <none> +
-
- Yes, it is confusing. Does the 3.2 fixed sendmail ever look at the
- local aliases?
-
- >wrong and/or confused, or has AIX broken from the "standard"??
-
-
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