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| author | Jason Downs <downsj@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-11-20 23:50:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Jason Downs <downsj@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-11-20 23:50:25 +0000 |
| commit | ff349948decb9a5ea4438064d7486f53f8798e43 (patch) | |
| tree | b137768ad6ffd555583545a52ab5757a3d2a7c91 /share | |
| parent | dd3894ca3dbac92a90770766098178fe10af5dd5 (diff) | |
Add some notes about YP "security".
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man8/yp.8 | 40 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man8/yp.8 b/share/man/man8/yp.8 index d047c7d5301..d678e9f52f8 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/yp.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/yp.8 @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: yp.8,v 1.8 1998/11/20 23:50:24 downsj Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: yp.8,v 1.9 1995/08/11 01:16:52 thorpej Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993, 1996 Theo de Raadt <deraadt@theos.com> @@ -124,9 +125,25 @@ of their maps through .Nm YP . .Pp .Nm ypinit -is used to initialize YP as a server or master. This creates +is used to initialize +.Nm YP +as a server or master. This creates various files in .Pa /var/yp . +By default the +.Nm YP +server will be setup in backwards compatible mode. To enable +.Dq secure +mode, the file +.Pa /var/yp/Makefile.yp +must be edited. This +.Dq secure +mode is compatible with +.Ox +and +.Fx +clients. +.Pp If setup as a client, the required databases are automatically copied from the specified server. .Pp @@ -159,6 +176,13 @@ If .Nm ypbind cannot find a server, the system behaves the same way as Sun's code does: it hangs. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /var/yp/Makefile.main -compact +.It Pa /var/yp/Makefile.main +Top level YP Makefile +.It Pa /var/yp/Makefile.yp +YP maps Makefile +.El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr domainname 1 , .Xr group 5 , @@ -178,11 +202,21 @@ does: it hangs. .Sh HISTORY This free .Nm YP -subsystem is thought to be compatible with Sun's implementation. +subsystem is thought to be compatible with Sun's implementation. It is, +of course, not compatible with +.Nm NIS+ +or any other +.Dq secure +.Nm YP +subsystem other than the native one. +.Pp The name .Nm YP stands for Yellow Pee. .Pp -The ypbind, library components, and userland programs were implemented +The ypbind, most library components, and userland programs were implemented by Theo de Raadt <deraadt@theos.com>. +The +.Xr getpwent 3 +implmention was done by Jason Downs <downsj@downsj.com>. The server component was implemented by Mats O Jansson <moj@stacken.kth.se>. |