On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 09:36:23AM +0200, Heiko Schlittermann wrote: > ON root local hash > ON joe `x' > > OFF root local hash > OFF joe servers hash Well, this makes sense too. The first case is as expected. In the second case, joe attempts to retrieve root's password from the shadow file, is unsuccessful, and then attempts the retrieval from the nis shadow file. That's pretty much the way it should work. Mike Stone