Re: NIS+, Solaris 2.5.1

Paul B. Henson (henson@INTRANET.CSUPOMONA.EDU)
Fri, 30 May 1997 15:02:03 -0700

> Ever tried to change your NIS+ password with
> the "nistbladm" command ? Works fine, but you
> can also change your UID ....

I believe this is one of the problems fixed by:

103266-01 SunOS 5.5: nissetup default permissions for password table not
secure

There is no equivilent patch for 2.5.1, but from a diff of the stock 2.5.1
nissetup and the 2.5 patched one, the patch seems to be already
incorporated into 2.5.1:

< # @(#)nissetup.sh 1.8 92/04/24 Copyright 1992 Sun Microsystems Inc.

---
> # @(#)nissetup.sh     1.16    96/02/10        Copyright 1992-1996, Sun Microsystems, Inc.




I don't have an NIS+ configuration generated by a 2.5.1 system available.
Can anyone who does try to verify this? If the system in use by this
anonymous individual is using an NIS+ database originally created by the
unpatched 2.5 nissetup, that might be the explanation. I believe that a new
NIS+ config generated with the 2.5.1 nissetup should be fine though.





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