On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Gordon Stewart wrote:
> If I install LDAP will this upset my /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow
> authentication because I have to intall Kerbose as one of the things I need
> to install before I install LDAP.

No /etc/nsswitch.conf is the control for that.

> As A full back option I am going to install NIS.  Is the format of the YP
> passwd file the same as /etc/passwd as I have a database of a thousand
> users?

Nis can get it's password file from anywhere you want, /etc/password
should be the default.


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