Another YP question

[Rick Stevens]

Waldher, Travis R wrote:
>  
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Rick Stevens [mailto:rstevens at vitalstream.com] 
>>Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 1:44 PM
>>To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
>>Subject: Re: Another YP question
>>
>>Waldher, Travis R wrote:
>>
>>>"At this point, make sure that /etc/passwd and /etc/group have been 
>>>edited so that when the NIS is activated, the data bases 
>>
>>you have just 
>>
>>>created will be used, instead of the /etc ASCII files."
>>>
>>>What do I need to do to guarantee this.  I've read 
>>
>>something about a 
>>
>>>"+::" entry, but not sure how to implement it.  How do I test it to 
>>>verify it is working?
>>
>>Well, the last line of /etc/passwd should be:
>>
>>	+:*:0:0:::
>>
>>("plus-colon-splat-colon-zero-colon-zero-colon-colon-colon"). 
>> A similar line should be at the end of /etc/shadow and /etc/group.
>>
>>You must also make sure your /etc/nsswitch.conf file includes NIS:
>>
>>passwd:     files nis nisplus
>>shadow:     files nis nisplus
>>group:      files nis nisplus
>>
>>("nisplus" can also be written "nis+")
>>
>>
>>>More importantly, did I just make sense? LOL
>>
>>Only to someone who speaks NIS.  ;-)  I'd recommend you get 
>>the dreaded O'Reilly "sloth" book ("Managing NFS and NIS") if 
>>you're going to do a lot with NIS/NIS+.  It's a handy reference.
> 
> 
> I added that to those three files, the question I have is, how do I know
> it's working?
> 
> Also, in the nsswitch.conf, would just having 
> 
> Passwd:	files nis 
> Shadow: 	files nis
> Group:	files nis
> 
> Cause it to not work?

No, because it should check the local files first.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer     rstevens at vitalstream.com -
- VitalStream, Inc.                       http://www.vitalstream.com -
-                                                                    -
-           This message printed using recycled bandwidth            -
----------------------------------------------------------------------