passwd/NIS/ and /etc/passwd
From: Neil R. Smith (neils_at_ariel.met.tamu.edu)
Date: 07/21/04
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Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:44:33 -0500 To: tru64-unix-managers@ornl.gov
Tru64 5.1A PK 6
NIS (plain)
I thought that if you had a user passwd entry in /etc/passwd like:
+username::0:0::/wh/username:/usr/local/bin/tcsh
and final /etc/passwd entries:
+:*:0:0:::
+:
that you needed to use 'yppasswd' to change the NIS password but if
you used 'passwd', the new password would be inserted into the
password field of /etc/passwd, which the system would consult first
for user authentication.
But that isn't the case on our 5.1A system. The 'passwd' command effects
a change in the NIS database and nothing is inserted in the password
field of /etc/passwd.
What am I missing here?
Thanks,
-Neil
-- Neil R. Smith, Comp. Sys. Mngr. neils@tamu.edu Dept. Atmospheric Sci., Texas A&M Univ. 979/845-6272 FAX:979/862-4466
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