[Samba] PDC, NIS and password sync.

[Mac]

Hi all,


>From: "Ilia E. Chipitsine" <ilia at cgu.chel.su>
>To: Mac <dmccann at nibsc.ac.uk>
>Subject: Re: [Samba] PDC, NIS and password sync.
>Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 18:00:22 +0500 (YEKT)
>
>> Write a (2 line) script to use as the 'passwd program' that looks (sort
>> of) like this:-
>>
>> 	passwd "$1"
>> 	/var/yp/ymake passwd
>
>as far as I understand 'passwd program' is being used for machines
>accounts within PDC, or is it not ???

Nope.  Defiantely not exclusively.  It might be used for that as well, but
its main purpose is to change user passwords.  Machine accounts don't even
need (and never use) the UNIX-side password anyway.


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