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#! rnews 1117 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.itjit.ad.jp!news.ipro.ad.jp!netlaputa.or.jp!spinnews!spin-hsd1-tky!news.dec-j!tkonws.tko.dec.com!tbjnws.tbj.dec.com!news.jrd.dec.com!depotx.mro.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!not-for-mail From: Patrick Crilly <crilly@ozy.dec.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Can't login to NetBSD using YP Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 09:23:38 +1000 Organization: Digital Equipment Lines: 8 Message-ID: <32D1897A.48C0@ozy.dec.com> References: <32D04AAD.7B71@ozy.dec.com> <5aq65q$cbq@cynic.portal.ca> Reply-To: crilly@ozy.dec.com NNTP-Posting-Host: rtatoo.ozy.dec.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5077 > Don't do this. Use `vipw' to edit the master.passwd file, and add > +::::::: (or whatever the right number of colons is) to the end of > the file. Did the trick. thanks, Patrick.