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| author |   David Nugent <davidn@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-01-05 07:15:37 +0000 |
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| committer | David Nugent <davidn@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-01-05 07:15:37 +0000 |
| commit | 0dbd2e2a64e789d9d91880a6e9b5322c54384ac0 (patch) | |
| tree | b6f86a2dbce41d81b9eb93c5d2d8553354a1bc88 /pw/pw.conf.5 | |
| parent | 4b81d2e23e348ec59138bc968f40b6d2fb3d91ac (diff) | |
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Adds optional NIS passwd file updating and optionally rebuilding
NIS maps.
Suggested by: Peter Wemm
Diffstat (limited to 'pw/pw.conf.5')
| -rw-r--r-- | pw/pw.conf.5 | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pw/pw.conf.5 b/pw/pw.conf.5 index 34daeef..4ef6b18 100644 --- a/pw/pw.conf.5 +++ b/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 |