Subject: Re: NIS password problems
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.org,>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubertf@gmx.de>
List: current-users
Date: 10/16/2005 05:41:45
In article <434E279F.7060606@iki.fi> you wrote:
> Okay, this was my old problem [1] again. I executed pwd_mkdb to
> rebuild pwd.db and spwd.db and now everything is working just fine.
> 
> Shouldn't /var/yp/Makefile.yp rebuild these databases when
> the source file (master.passwd) has been changed?

I'd expect yppasswdd to run a  'make' in /var/yp after changing the 
password. This needs the "comp" set iirc.
If that doesn't work, it's broken.


 - Hubert