[plug] NIS problem

Matt Kemner zombie at wasp.net.au
Wed Dec 6 10:44:01 WST 2000


On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Bernard Blackham wrote:

> Executing "yphelper -p /etc/passwd /etc/shadow" (as per makefile) and it
> dumps back /etc/passwd untouched.

Most likely yphelper expects /etc/passwd to contain "x" where the
password should go, but you have "*" instead - or vice versa.

 - Matt




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