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author | davidn <davidn@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-01-05 07:15:37 +0000 |
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committer | davidn <davidn@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-01-05 07:15:37 +0000 |
commit | ced6786ae22cdeff1aebb3652ad3f8b717d183ae (patch) | |
tree | 876b4857202c516ed66b0dafa50876941e2ad807 /usr.sbin/pw/pw.conf.5 | |
parent | cb09dd3d33f78f0aad2c81ef64252966e9a51d7b (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-ced6786ae22cdeff1aebb3652ad3f8b717d183ae.zip FreeBSD-src-ced6786ae22cdeff1aebb3652ad3f8b717d183ae.tar.gz |
Adds optional NIS passwd file updating and optionally rebuilding
NIS maps.
Suggested by: Peter Wemm
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/pw/pw.conf.5')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/pw/pw.conf.5 | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pw/pw.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/pw/pw.conf.5 index 34daeef..4ef6b18 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/pw/pw.conf.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/pw/pw.conf.5 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $Id: pw.conf.5,v 1.1.1.3 1996/12/10 23:58:59 joerg Exp $ +.\" $Id: pw.conf.5,v 1.2 1997/01/05 04:05:22 davidn Exp $ .\" .Dd December 9, 1996 .Dt PW.CONF 5 @@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ affects passwords generated for new users reuse gaps in uid sequences .It reusegids reuse gaps in gid sequences +.It nispasswd +path to the NIS passwd database .It skeleton where to obtain default home contents .It newmail @@ -146,12 +148,19 @@ previous user or group deletions. Note that if the default group is not specified using the .Ar defaultgroup keyword, -.Xr pw 8 +Xr pw 8 will create a new group for the user and attempt to keep the new user's uid and gid the same. If the new user's uid is currently in use as a group id, then the next available group id is chosen instead. .Pp +On NIS servers which maintain a separate passwd database to +.Pa /etc/master.passwd , +this option allows the additional file to be concurrently updated +as user records are added, modified or removed. +If blank or set to 'no', no additional database is updated. +An absolute pathname must be used. +.Pp The .Ar skeleton keyword nominates a directory from which the contents of a user's |