Re: restricting access to an NIS netgroup

[Mike VanHorn <michael.vanhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/8/11 4:31 PM, "Stephen Harris" <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 03:41:22PM -0500, Mike VanHorn wrote:
>How can I restrict access to a system based on NIS netgroups?
>
>Change nsswitch.conf so that it reads
>  passwd: compat
>  passwd_compat: nis
>
>And then in /etc/passwd
>   +@netgroup1::::::
>   +@netgroup2::::::
>
>That way only users in the given netgroup(s) have visible accounts on the
>machine.
>

This works. Thanks!


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Mike VanHorn
Senior Computer Systems Administrator
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Wright State University
265 Russ Engineering Center
937-775-5157
michael.vanhorn@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.engineering.wright.edu/~mvanhorn/



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