> --pgp-sign-Multipart_Wed_Jul__9_23:00:25_1997-1 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Philippe Troin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 1) If the NIS server is down for a NIS domain, root cannot log on the > > console. This is annoying, accounts which are in /etc/passwd (like > > root) should be always accessible.
I don't know why it doesn't work, either. There is a common trick when managing the root password with nis: You may have a local user "lroot" and a global nis user "root". Both have uid 0, but different passwords. Only the system administrator has access to the global root of all workstations but each staff member knows the local lroot password of his desktop system. > nsswitch.conf to use "files" if "nis" failes?? Hi, what's that? Sounds interesting! Cheers, Thomas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
