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- From: hirai@cc.swarthmore.edu (Eiji Hirai)
- Subject: Re: where can I get a smart yppasswd?
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- References: <1992Aug25.114438.14611@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> <W9LPBFLC@cc.swarthmore.edu> <1992Aug28.171640.14667@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 17:08:11 GMT
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- tkt@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
- > first of all, don't passwd and yppasswd lock the password file differently?
-
- At least on my system, they both use /etc/ptmp.
-
- > And, the source password file lives in /usr/var/yp/src.
-
- On my system, I have the following line in /var/yp/Makefile:
-
- DIR=/etc
-
- so a "cd /var/yp ; make" will look at /etc/passwd instead of
- /var/yp/src/passwd.
-
- > a lot of users that are
- > unfamilar with Unix, and I don't want them to have to log into the server.
-
- Have them use yppasswd from an NIS client. No user should be able to change
- passwords without supplying their old password first.
-
- > yeah, I guess we could do this, but hasn't someone already written a better
- > yppasswd?
-
- Not that I know of. I guess NIS is sort of shunned with a "why are you
- using NIS in the first place, especially when you have Hesiod?" sort of
- message. :-( I have my reasons for using NIS at my site but they're probably
- not the same as yours.
-
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