From nobody@FreeBSD.org Wed Jul 25 02:52:10 2001 Return-Path: Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0251937B401 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 02:52:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f6P9q9u35284; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 02:52:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200107250952.f6P9q9u35284@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 02:52:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Thorsten Steentjes To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: NIS Section in Handbook should be more detailed X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 >Number: 29215 >Category: docs >Synopsis: NIS Section in Handbook should be more detailed >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: ue >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 25 03:00:01 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: Sun Oct 28 03:25:33 PST 2001 >Last-Modified: Sun Oct 28 03:28:06 PST 2001 >Originator: Thorsten Steentjes >Release: 4.3-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: Section 18.7.4.2 "NIS Servers" of the FreeBSD Handbook needs to be more detailed.The installation of a NIS master server is written like a "step-by-step" tutorial, but there are some missing items. >How-To-Repeat: Install a NIS master server like described in the NIS Servers section and try to update a NIS useraccount, e.g. setting a new password with yppasswd. >Fix: The following steps should be added to the NIS section: - necessary lines in /etc/rc.conf to start ypbind on the NIS server and bind it to the NIS master with the -S option. - delete NIS users from /etc/master.passwd after copying it to /var/yp/master.passwd - it's useful to keep a "normal" useraccount in /etc/master.passwd which is a member of the wheel group for the situation when the ypserv or rpc.yppasswdd dies and you want to logon from a remote machine to become root and restart the server processes. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: From: Dima Dorfman To: Thorsten Steentjes Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/29215: NIS Section in Handbook should be more detailed Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 05:24:27 -0700 Thorsten Steentjes writes: > >Fix: > The following steps should be added to the NIS section: > - necessary lines in /etc/rc.conf to start ypbind on the NIS server and > bind it to the NIS master with the -S option. This is not true. An NIS server doesn't have to be a client. If this is added, it should make it clear that this is *optional*. Other than that, it seems useful. Care to work up a patch to the DocBook source? :-) From: Thorsten Steentjes To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: docs/29215: NIS Section in Handbook should be more detailed Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 18:30:46 +0200 Am Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 05:24:27AM -0700, schrieb Dima Dorfman : > > This is not true. An NIS server doesn't have to be a client. If this > is added, it should make it clear that this is *optional*. > This is very true, it's a optional but very useful feature. > Other than that, it seems useful. Care to work up a patch to the > DocBook source? :-) > Sure, just give me a little time to write a patch cause I'm very busy these days. Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-doc->ue Responsible-Changed-By: alex Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Aug 6 06:36:27 PDT 2001 Responsible-Changed-Why: ue did a big overhaul of the NIS parts some time ago http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=29215 State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: ue State-Changed-When: Sun Oct 28 03:25:33 PST 2001 State-Changed-Why: The existing chapter has been improved in revision 1.98 of advanced-networking/chapter.sgml. http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=29215 >Unformatted: