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Date: Sun 17-Jul-1989 18:59:04 From: Unknown Subject: Using /etc/passwd and /etc/group while still using NetInfo Thanks to Anne Louise Gockel (alg@wrath.cs.cornell.edu), we've figured out how to use /etc/passwd while still using NetInfo. This procedure also works for /etc/group (the NetInfo database is groups). The original impetus for this was to solve the problem of using large password files with NetInfo. People have reported problems loading large password files using niload. This may help to solve the problem. Note that doing this will not effect Yellow Pages operation if /etc/passwd and /etc/group still end with a '+'. 1. Become root on the NeXT and open a Shell. 2. List the current /users database: nitul -list . /users 3. Destroy all the entries for the database using: niutil -destory . /users/xxx where xxx is a user name. You might also try to do this with a script. My awk skills are pretty limited but something like: #!/bin/sh for i in `niutil -list . /users | awk '{print $2}'`; do niutil -destroy . /users/$i done 4. Destroy the users database using: niutil -destroy . /users 5. Now, as far as I can tell, the system will look to /etc/passwd for user information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Nowak ...mailrus!shogun!mike Workstation Consultant mike@shogun.cc.umich.edu U of M Computing Center User Services Mike_Nowak@um.cc.umich.edu ...working for but in no way representing the University of Michigan... >From: bruceh@zygot.UUCP (Bruce Henderson)
Date: Sun 18-Jul-1989 21:01:49 From: Unknown Subject: Re: Using /etc/passwd and /etc/group while still using NetInfo In article <1140@mailrus.cc.umich.edu> mike@shogun.us.cc.umich.edu () writes: > niutil -destroy . /users A different situation: we \wanted/ to use netinfo We created a root domain to serve a NeXT cluster, copied all the users and groups from . to /, and did this. No one could log in. It turns out that you must have a /users in . to be able to use the one in ..--it's o.k. it it's empty, but it has to be there. And yes, we did have a valid /etc/passwd at the time. -=EPS=- / SFSU >From: march@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Date: Sun 20-Jul-1989 19:36:17 From: Unknown Subject: Re: Using /etc/passwd and /etc/group while still using NetInfo In article <1140@mailrus.cc.umich.edu> mike@shogun.us.cc.umich.edu () writes: >Thanks to Anne Louise Gockel (alg@wrath.cs.cornell.edu), we've figured >out how to use /etc/passwd while still using NetInfo. This procedure >also works for /etc/group (the NetInfo database is groups). The >original impetus for this was to solve the problem of using large >password files with NetInfo. People have reported problems loading >large password files using niload. This may help to solve the >problem. [ Procedure deleted. ] We've found that this doens't work all the time. It appears to be only successful on a client of a configuration server. It doesn't seem to work on configuration servers or standalone machines. The result is that you don't get a login window or all combinations of names and passwords fail. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Nowak ...mailrus!shogun!mike Workstation Consultant mike@shogun.cc.umich.edu U of M Computing Center User Services Mike_Nowak@um.cc.umich.edu ...working for but in no way representing the University of Michigan... >From: jgreely@oz.cis.ohio-state.edu (J Greely)
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