Subject: Re: NetBSD NIS server, Debian NIS client
To: David Ferlier <david@netbsd-fr.org>
From: None <collver1@attbi.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 02/05/2003 08:46:36
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 01:48:31AM +0100, David Ferlier wrote:
> I mail you cause i am not sure it is documented somewhere (elsewhere
> than in the Makefile).
> 
> Maybe you could send a pr about that, or better provide a patch
> for a manpage ?

Ok, I did a send-pr with a patch for yp(8).

One thing I forgot to metion was that Linux does not attempt to look up a
shadow password unless there is an 'x' in the password field.  NetBSD
places '*' in the password field, so I had to resort to the quick fix of
overriding the password field in /etc/passwd by replacing '+::::::' with
'+:x:::::' .

Cheers,

Ben