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From: mike@shogun.cc.umich.edu (Michael Nowak)
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Subject: Using /etc/passwd and /etc/group while still using NetInfo
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Date: 17 Jul 89 18:59:04 GMT
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Thanks to Anne Louise Gockel (alg@wrath.cs.cornell.edu), we've figured
out how to use /etc/passwd while still using NetInfo.  This procedure
also works for /etc/group (the NetInfo database is groups).  The
original impetus for this was to solve the problem of using large
password files with NetInfo.  People have reported problems loading
large password files using niload.  This may help to solve the
problem.

Note that doing this will not effect Yellow Pages operation if
/etc/passwd and /etc/group still end with a '+'.

1.  Become root on the NeXT and open a Shell.

2.  List the current /users database:

	nitul -list . /users
	
3.  Destroy all the entries for the database using:

	niutil -destory . /users/xxx
	
    where xxx is a user name.  You might also try to do this with
    a script.  My awk skills are pretty limited but something
    like:
    
    #!/bin/sh
    for i in `niutil -list . /users | awk '{print $2}'`; do
      niutil -destroy . /users/$i
    done
    
4.  Destroy the users database using:

	niutil -destroy . /users
	
5.  Now, as far as I can tell, the system will look to /etc/passwd for
    user information.
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 Michael Nowak                                          ...mailrus!shogun!mike
 Workstation Consultant                               mike@shogun.cc.umich.edu
 U of M Computing Center User Services              Mike_Nowak@um.cc.umich.edu

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