Re: Fix passwd/shadow/group files?

[heinlein at madboa.com (Paul Heinlein)]

On 7/15/05 2:25 AM, Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Paul Heinlein <heinlein@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
>>If you set up netgroups, you can specify login rights easily:
>>* /etc/passwd
>>[...]
>>+@login-group
>>+:::::/dev/null:/sbin/nologin
>>* /etc/nsswitch.conf
>>passwd:     compat
>>shadow:     compat
>>group:      files nis
>>netgroup:   files nis
> 
> 
> Now that only works for NIS distributed passwd, netgroups, correct?
> Or will it work for local users as well?

I think it'll only work for NIS passwd maps, but I think that the 
netgroups map can come from NIS *or* live in /etc/netgroup.

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