On Fri Sep 03 1999 at 12:22, kiko wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Hugo wrote:
>
> > Anyone able to help me with the problem outlined below? Maybe point me
> > to a HOW-TO on the web somewhere or some other information pages (man
> > pages for shadow passwords are not much good I am afraid).
>
> YP passwords are NEVER shadowed. Blame Sun for that, or try something
> else, but don't complain that you get the full password when doing a
> ypcat: you'll never see an x there.
What's the *point* of using shadow passwords with YP? There's no way
it can work without transporting this information over the network.
YP is inherently insecure for this reason anyway, and shouldn't be
used over untrusted network links.
That's why shadow doesn't work as you would initially expect with
YP/NIS - it's pointless.
No need to blame Sun for anything...
Cheers
Tony
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Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Science
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Oueensland Australia
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