Hi,
Talking about /etc/nsswitch.conf:
"/etc/nsswitch.conf" is part of the package "base-files" of bo.
There are no manual pages, however. Is there any program (parts
of the nis package ?) that take care about nsswitch.conf?
Or is it just a sneak preview of a future NYS/NIS+ package?
Thanks, Tho
On Wed, 13 Aug 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:
> It's unlikely this will be fixed. I've noticed that something has to
> be a pretty serious bug to be put in 1.3 now. I think (hope) that
> libc6 uses the more modern /etc/nsswitch.conf rather than putting
> weird entries into /etc/passwd, group, etc.
Pedro I. Sanchez wrote:
>
> I mentioned this problem in the list a while ago but I got no answers.
> Adduser doesn't work when you are a NIS client and I just filed a bug on
> this.
>
> What you can do is temporally remove the +::: and +: entries from
> /etc/group and /etc/passwd, run adduser
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