Subject: Re: YP
To: Stefan Monnier <stefan.monnier@lia.di.epfl.ch>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/26/1996 10:12:14
On Fri, 26 Jan 1996 02:44:12 +0100 
 "Stefan Monnier" <stefan.monnier@lia.di.epfl.ch> wrote:

 > How should I configure YP for it work ?
 > I've made the /var/yp directory, I have a /etc/defaultdomain file.
 > ypbind is correctly started at boot-time and I can even do a "ypcat passwd"
 > and get the correct content of the passwd file.
 > But my NetBSD machine insists on not using the YP service for /etc/group and
 > for /etc/passwd.

You need to insert the YP tokens into the group and/or passwd files.  For 
passwd:

+:::::::::

For group:

+:*:

Well, I might have the number of :'s wrong ... look at the number of :'s 
in each of the regular entries.

Ciao.

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