I also tried to set up shadow passwords with NIS and couldn't get it to work. I downloaded the libc source and could see that shadow passwords aren't implemented with regular NIS. It really isn't too surprising though since with regular NIS, it's easy for any machine on the network to get whatever maps it wants, therefore having "shadow" map doesn't really do you any good. Watch for this feature when NIS+ is supported (which supports authentication).
Ronn Pimentel wrote: > I'm having trouble with nis and shadow files on my bo system. The system > works fine when I don't have shadow installed on the server, but breaks > when I enable shadow. I enable shadow on the server, modify the Makefile > to generate a shadow map and then it compiles it but when I do a ypcat, > the shadow map doesn't show up. > > Am i missing something? > > music# ypcat -x > Use "passwd" for "passwd.byname" > Use "group" for "group.byname" > Use "networks" for "networks.byaddr" > Use "hosts" for "hosts.byname" > Use "protocols" for "protocols.bynumber" > Use "services" for "services.byname" > Use "aliases" for "mail.aliases" > Use "ethers" for "ethers.byname" > music# ls > group.bygid netgroup.byhost passwd.byname rpc.bynumber > group.byname netgroup.byuser passwd.byuid > services.byname > hosts.byaddr netid.byname protocols.byname shadow.byname > hosts.byname networks.byaddr protocols.bynumber ypservers > netgroup networks.byname rpc.byname > music# > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
