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@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ called the
The databases used to store the information are called
.Em Tn NIS maps .
In
-.Bx Free ,
+.Fx ,
these maps are stored in
.Pa /var/yp/[domainname]
where
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Each domain will have
its own independent set of maps.
.Pp
In
-.Bx Free ,
+.Fx ,
the
.Tn NIS
maps are Berkeley DB hashed database files (the
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ and
.Pa passwd.byname.pag
files on other operating systems (both of which are really parts of the
same map),
-.Bx Free
+.Fx
will have only one file called
.Pa passwd.byname .
The difference in format is not significant: only the
@@ -348,17 +348,17 @@ placing a slave server on the local network.)
.El
.Pp
The
-.Bx Free
+.Fx
.Xr ypserv 8
is specially designed to provided enhanced security (compared to
other
.Tn NIS
implementations) when used exclusively with
-.Bx Free
+.Fx
client
systems.
The
-.Bx Free
+.Fx
password database system (which is derived directly
from
.Bx 4.4 )
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ is allowed to retrieve
data.
.Pp
To help prevent this,
-.Bx Free Ns 's
+.Fx Ns 's
.Tn NIS
server handles the shadow password maps
.Pf ( Pa master.passwd.byname
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ users.
All other requests are denied: requests from non-privileged
ports will receive only an error code from the server.
Additionally,
-.Bx Free Ns 's
+.Fx Ns 's
.Xr ypserv 8
includes support for Wietse Venema's tcp wrapper package; with tcp
wrapper support enabled, the administrator can configure
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ someone with access to your network to spoof the server into disclosing
the shadow password maps.
.Pp
On the client side,
-.Bx Free Ns 's
+.Fx Ns 's
.Fn getpwent 3
functions will automatically search for the
.Pa master.passwd
@@ -416,9 +416,12 @@ If they aren't found, the standard
.Pa passwd
maps will be used instead.
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
-When using a non-FreeBSD NIS server for
+When using a
+.No non- Ns Fx
+NIS server for
.Xr passwd 5
-files, it is unlikely that the default MD5-based format that FreeBSD
+files, it is unlikely that the default MD5-based format that
+.Fx
uses for passwords will be accepted by it.
If this is the case, the value of the "passwd_format" setting in
.Xr login.conf 5
@@ -441,7 +444,7 @@ a host that doesn't exist in its
or
.Pa hosts.byaddr
maps.
-.Bx Free Ns 's
+.Fx Ns 's
resolver uses
.Tn DNS
by default (it can be made to use
@@ -463,14 +466,14 @@ It can also be made to register itself as an
v1 server
in order to placate certain systems that insist on the presence of
a v1 server
-.Pf ( Bx Free
+.No ( Fx
uses only
.Tn NIS
v2, but many other systems,
including
.Tn SunOS
4.x, search for both a v1 and v2 server when binding).
-.Bx Free Ns 's
+.Fx Ns 's
.Xr ypserv 8
does not actually handle
.Tn NIS
@@ -484,7 +487,7 @@ manual page for a detailed description of these special features
and flags.)
.Sh BUGS
While
-.Bx Free
+.Fx
now has both
.Tn NIS
client and server capabilities, it does not yet have support for
@@ -495,7 +498,7 @@ function.
Both of these require secure
.Tn RPC Ns ,
which
-.Bx Free
+.Fx
doesn't
support yet either.
.Pp
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