by Brett Barti » Sat, 16 Sep 1995 04:00:00
I am running an NIS server under Solaris 2.4 using nskit-1.2. I also
modified the NIS Makefile entry "PWDIR" to place my nis password
map file in a separate directory (/var/yp/etc). How do I go about
administering my password and shadow files? For instance, Is there a way
to use the pwconv & passwd commands on my /var/yp/etc/passwd file? Or
am I stuck just manually editing these files to implement password aging?
Thanks,
brett bartick
by matt silveir » Tue, 19 Sep 1995 04:00:00
Your /etc/shadow files will not be used with plain old "yp". In fact,
if you are using NIS (formerly yp) then you have NONE of the SVR4 security
that Solaris 2.x provides. Thus, pwconv is not a valid command. However,
passwd (for the user) as well as yppasswd are valid.
For a good description, tutorial, and general reference I would suggest
"Managing NFS and NIS" by O'Reilly and Assocs (Auth. Hal Stern.)
If you moved your NIS directory, you still need to run "make" in /var/yp.
Yours,
Matt Silveira
Data Systems Engineer
AT&T Wireless Services
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