Hi, I'm having difficulty adding users to my network which runs nis. I have a mail server which also stores the home directories. This is where I set up new users, but users cannot log into this machine. They access their directories over NFS, and get their mail the same way through qmail's Mailbox system.
To restrict access to the mail server, I have those +||||| type lines halfway through my /etc/passwd and /etc/group files (with the right number of bars). If I try to use the adduser perl script, it stuffs up, because the group hasn't actually been created by the first stage, to be used in the second stage. Switching NIS off while I do it, won't help because the NIS either replaces what comes after +||| or ignoes it. I haven't tried it, but I imagine I could manually delete the +||| in the passwd and group files. Run adduser and then put them back. That might be slightly easier than manually setting things up, but not by much. Has anyone else found this to be a problem? And perhaps have a solution? thanks David.. -- Binary Bar - Australia's first free access internet bar/cafe/gallery. 243 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia. 5pm - 1am http://www.binary.net.au -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
