Incoming from Roland Dunn: > > One thing though - the root password for my new (DEBIAN) server is the > local root password - how can I tell the new server to take its' root > pwd from NIS rather than use the local password?
See /etc/nsswitch.conf? The order of the options defines the order in which they're used. I'm purposely ignoring whether you want to do this or not. I'm assuming you know what you're doing. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

