Re: NIS and shadow all over the place
In message <[🔎] 20000108210134.A2116@vvs.superst.iae.nl>
Carel Fellinger <cfelling@iae.nl> wrote:
> in return of installing Debian GNU/Linux I got my father's old 486,
> so now I've this problem connecting my machines:)
>
> I've installed NIS, but I can't prevent the shadow file of being
> public now:( Anybody on my machine can do "ypcat shadow.byname" and
> start cracking those passwords. I thought the hole point of shadow
> was to let nobody but root see it. It's not a problem yet, I trust
> my wife and kids, but I would be happier if it were hidden.
>
> Or maybe I should consider switching to something else like Kerberos
> or PAM?
>
> I'm still running mainly Ham (eagerly waiting for potato to become stable:)
> but have upgraded things, e.g libc
I'm running the latest potato, and it behaves correctly for me.
ypcat shadow.byname shows the file when run as root, but not when run
as a normal user. For lack of a better suggestion, perhaps try
upgrading to the potato nis package?
bfn,
Joseph
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Joseph Heenan, Coventry, UK http://www.ping.demon.co.uk/
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