Very Computer

In our department we are using a server (DECsystem 5500, Ultix 4.1) en a number
of client DECstations. Passwd en group files are distributed through yp. Every
research group has its own group entry. I'm looking for a simple to maintain
mechanism to assign workstation access (login, rsh, etc.) to one or more groups
and/or users, but to continue the usage of yp. I'm sure this has been done
before so any practical solution is welcome.

Thanks in advance,

Henk Mos

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Henk J. Mos, Dept of Physics and Astrophysics, Utrecht University

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1) Create netgroups (in /etc/netgroup), including the users list
   for each workstation. e.g.:

ws1_users               \
        (,jenny,)       \
        (,jim,)

ws2_users               \
        (,jack,)        \
        (,greg,)

etc.. (of course, you may use any valid combination of previously defined
groups, etc.)

2) the password file of each workstation, should include all non humans and

   and that's all. This will allow only users of group ws?_users to acess that
   workstation.

There are some improuvments to this basic scheme that may come to mind, but
this is the basic idea.

Cheers,

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