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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!gryphon.phoenix.net!phoenix.phoenix.net!pflores From: pflores@phoenix.net (Paul Flores) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: NIS with SUNOS4.1.3 Date: 12 Sep 1995 13:52:55 GMT Organization: Phoenix Data Systems Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4343bn$7nl@gryphon.phoenix.net> References: <42qgn6$e2m@gryphon.phoenix.net> <42r1vo$3j2@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <431i80$s87@atusks02.aut.alcatel.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: phoenix.phoenix.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Marino Ladavac (ladavac@aut.alcatel.at) wrote: : Bill Paul (wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu) wrote: : : Also, DO NOT edit /etc/passwd: this file has no effect on : : system behavior. The administrator should edit only /etc/master.passwd : : and use pwd_mkdb(8) to rebuild the hashed databases afterwards. : : -Bill : Additionally, : vipw : should do all the necessary locking and call pwd_mkdb for you on exit : automatically. Okay, Just for the record; My problem was not having DES installed on my FreeBSD machine. Once I busted down to single user mode and installed it, everything worked great! Thanks to those with CONSTRUCTIVE advice that helped me solve this one! Paul