In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Miquel van Smoorenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Sam Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I think dpkg-statoverride is not too bad in this case. I'll talk to >>the nis package maintainer and see if that's acceptable. If not, nis >>could install some flag file. The unix_chkpwd could start with root >>privs, chuck for this flag file with a hard coded path and drop to >>shadow if the flag file does not exist. > >The NIS package is in limbo right now. I'm the maintainer, but >I haven't had time to maintain it. I did send an ITO to this >list, but it appears noone wants to take it.
Okay, that is not entirely true. I just uploaded 3.10-1 to ftp-master, and closed several bugs. Sometimes I just need some incentive, I guess .. Mike.
