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Re: NIS setup



nate wrote:
[snip]
> /etc/passwd
> (after all the other entries)
> +::0:0:::/dev/null
> 
> /etc/group
> (after all the other entries)
> +:::

What does this do?  Is this a cryptic reference to nis?

Tom
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