[Thus spake Aaron J. Grier ("AJG: ") 3:09pm...]

AJG: I guess this makes logging in as root impossible if NIS is bound to a
AJG: remote server and the network dissapears.  possible workarounds would be
AJG: distributed local files or running ypserv on every machine.  both
AJG: solutions seem like horrid hacks.

Actually, I would view distributing passwd files as a horrid hack, myself,
since those change more often.

Distributing group files is significantly less painful -- or at least
far less frequently painful :)

				--*greywolf;
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