On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 02:07:31PM -0700, Phil Nelson wrote:

 >   I've read about every yp related man page and still don't have
 > a clue why ypmatch is always returning a * for the encrypted
 > password, even for root.  I'm running 1.4.2.
 > 
 >   Does anyone have any words of wisdom for me?  Thanks.

You are not running it as uid0, and the server is configured for
"secure" YP maps.

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