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by **Ricardo Mar** » Fri, 22 May 1992 21:46:51

Hi,

Here is the Summary I Promissed:

First Question:

Quote:
> Users want to change their own passwd via yppasswd ( or passwd -y)
> but maps are not made.. (make in /usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd fails)
> started on /etc/rc.local.

Reason:
This bug has been known for a long time, but sun hasn't bothered
to repair it. The problem is, it seems to ignore the first
argument that begins with a '-'.

Solutions: (An elegant one, From a FAQ list of sun-manager)
There is a bug in 4.1 rpc.yppasswdd that causes it to misinterpret
the command line arguments. A work-around is to add the
"-nosingle" flag (which is the default), this shifts the
arguments over one, so "passwd" is read instead of "-m".
For example:
rpc.yppasswdd /var/yp/passwd -nosingle -m passwd DIR=/var/yp
Just to move -m to be 3rd argument. Some version of yppasswdd
had a problem with parsing -m as second argument.

Second Question:

Quote:
> How can I put /etc/passwd in other directory, and leave the
> other maps in the traditional /etc directory? ( aliases,
> services, etc..)

Solutions:
- Use symbolic links for the maps you don't want to move from /etc,
That is, create symbolic links in /var/yp/etc back to the real
files in /etc for the maps. So you don't get separate copies of
them.
- (Or) Edit the /var/yp/Makefile, The `passwd' file may be located
in any place, **BUT** don't remove /etc/passwd!.
Look for all occurrences of "passwd" in that file, but don't confuse
the instance of the passwd file with the passwd target for the
makefile. The passwd file instances all look like "$DIR/passwd",
change them so that you end up with "$MY_DIR/passwd" (define MY_DIR in
the beginning of the makefile...).
Finally, change the invocation of the rpc.yppasswdd in /etc/rc.local
to reflect the new file to update:
/usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd /my/dir/passwdyp -nosingle -m \
passwd; echo -n ' yppasswdd'

(describe the full pathname corresponding to MY_DIR)

All this thanks to:

(I apologize if I forgot someone in advance!)

--- Ricky Marek.

--
Ricky Marek (System Manager)
Fibronics Ltd., Matam Industrial Park, Haifa 31905, ISRAEL
phones: +972-4-313690 Fax: +972-4-550550

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SUMMARY: Problems with passwd map in NIS (or YP)

SUMMARY: Problems with passwd map in NIS (or YP)