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diff --git a/share/man/man8/yp.8 b/share/man/man8/yp.8 index 0458840..7d4615b 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/yp.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/yp.8 @@ -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 |