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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!newspump.sol.net!howland.erols.net!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!startide.ctr.columbia.edu!wpaul From: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu (Bill Paul) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: NIS+ question on 2.1.5 Date: 3 Mar 1997 19:53:55 GMT Organization: Columbia University Center for Telecommunications Research Lines: 42 Message-ID: <5ffa8j$eeo@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> References: <5f1ibg$s9r@netaxs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: startide.ctr.columbia.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36475 Daring to challenge the will of the almighty Leviam00se, A. Karl Heller (heller@socko.cdnow.com) had the courage to say: : The /var/yp/Makefile says this: : # If you want to use a FreeBSD NIS server to serve non-FreeBSD clients : # (i.e. clients who expect the password field in the passwd maps to be : # valid) then uncomment this line. This will cause $YPDIR/passwd to : # be generated with valid password fields. This is insecure: FreeBSD : # normally only serves the master.passwd maps (which have real encrypted : # passwords in them) to the superuser on other FreeBSD machines, but : # non-FreeBSD clients (e.g. SunOS, Solaris (without NIS+), IRIX, HP-UX, : # etc...) will only work properly in 'unsecure' mode. : # : #UNSECURE = "True" : Well, Solaris 2.5 does have NIS+. When I try to setup "passwd: nisplus" : on the Solaris machine, logins do not work. Of course they don't work: FreeBSD only supports NIS, not NIS+. If you want to use a Slowlaris client with the FreeBSD ypserv, use "passwd: nis" in /etc/nsswitch.conf and uncomment the 'UNSECURE="True"' line as it says above. : Solaris's nisping utility : says the NIS+ servers do not respond. : Is there something I am doing wrong? I said it only supports NIS. If you want NIS+, you'll have to wait. I'm still working on it. -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ============================================================================= "Now, that's "Open" as used in the sentence "Open your wallet", right?" =============================================================================