[NTLUG:Discuss] Distributing users via NIS

Ed Coates edcoates at nighthawk.dyndns.org
Wed Aug 4 07:11:07 CDT 2004


Quoting "Cameron, Thomas" <Thomas.Cameron at bankofamerica.com>:

>
> Basically you need to tell the system to ask NIS before it checks the local
> files (like /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group and /etc/gshadow) for user
> account info.
>
Don't forget that you'll need to add the following entries to passwd, shadow,
and group

passwd
+::::::

shadow
+::::::

group
+:::

Ed

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