19 Dec
2012
19 Dec
'12
10:17 p.m.
"John" == John Stoffel <john@stoffel.org> writes:
"Bill" == Bill Mills-Curran <bill@mills-curran.net> writes: Bill> I have an issue at my work with the configuration of one of our Bill> several flavors of linux servers.
Bill> The goal is to override the NIS-specified login directory definition Bill> by using this syntax in /etc/passwd: Bill> +userx:::::/home/userx: John> Don't do that, just put the user entry in there without the leading +, John> then it will override properly. But thinking about it more (not tested yet though) you just want to override the home directory, but keep his password in NIS. Fun. I'll have to play around and see what I can test tmorrow. John