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author | mpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-01-23 02:10:01 +0000 |
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committer | mpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-01-23 02:10:01 +0000 |
commit | 0e58226b9fd3d115aa51ac6512d3547dc774f2e5 (patch) | |
tree | 5d5517ae2e8c8d00803b700f0042a151e5e6335d /usr.sbin/ypserv/ypserv.8 | |
parent | adb19118c12a21125a93d50b4d543422add0666d (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-0e58226b9fd3d115aa51ac6512d3547dc774f2e5.zip FreeBSD-src-0e58226b9fd3d115aa51ac6512d3547dc774f2e5.tar.gz |
Fix various man pages to stop abusing the .Bx macro to generate
the string "FreeBSD". Use the .Fx macro instead.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/ypserv/ypserv.8')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/ypserv/ypserv.8 | 30 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ypserv/ypserv.8 b/usr.sbin/ypserv/ypserv.8 index 90d1598..e6a06bd 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/ypserv/ypserv.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/ypserv/ypserv.8 @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ using several system files as source. The database files are in .Xr db 3 format to help speed retrieval when there are many records involved. In -.Bx Free , +.Fx , the maps are always readable and writable only by root for security reasons. Technically this is only necessary for the password maps, but since the data in the other maps can be found in @@ -111,10 +111,12 @@ program is started by if it has been enabled in .Pa /etc/rc.conf . .Sh SPECIAL FEATURES -There are some problems associated with distributing FreeBSD's password +There are some problems associated with distributing a +.Fx +password database via .Tn NIS Ns : -.Bx Free +.Fx normally only stores encrypted passwords in .Pa /etc/master.passwd , @@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ into an map, this security feature would be completely defeated. .Pp To make up for this, the -.Bx Free +.Fx version of .Nm handles the @@ -141,8 +143,8 @@ Any requests made by non-privileged users are therefore rejected. .Pp Furthermore, the .Xr getpwent 3 -routines in -.Bx Free Ns 's +routines in the +.Fx standard C library will only attempt to retrieve data from the .Pa master.passwd.byname @@ -184,9 +186,9 @@ unrestricted access to machines on your network (even those machines which do not run UNIX-based operating systems). .It If you plan to use a -.Bx Free +.Fx system to serve -.Bx non-Free +.No non- Ns Tn FreeBSD clients that have no support for password shadowing (which is most of them), you will have to disable the password shadowing entirely by uncommenting the @@ -199,7 +201,7 @@ and .Pa passwd.byuid maps to be generated with valid encrypted password fields, which is necessary in order for -.Bx non-Free +.No non- Ns Tn FreeBSD clients to perform user authentication through .Tn NIS . @@ -261,7 +263,7 @@ package, though it is not compiled in by default since the .Em tcpwrapper package is not distributed with -.Bx Free . +.Fx . However, if you have .Pa libwrap.a and @@ -288,7 +290,8 @@ This version of has some support for serving .Tn NIS v1 clients. -.Bx Free Ns 's +The +.Fx .Tn NIS implementation only uses the .Tn NIS @@ -359,11 +362,12 @@ which has brain-damaged resolver functions in its standard C library that depend on .Tn NIS for hostname and address resolution. -.Bx Free Ns 's +The +.Fx resolver can be configured to do DNS queries directly, therefore it is not necessary to enable this option when serving only -.Bx Free +.Fx .Tn NIS clients. .It Fl d |