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From: mike@shogun.cc.umich.edu (Michael Nowak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Using /etc/passwd and /etc/group while still using NetInfo
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Date: 20 Jul 89 19:36:17 GMT
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In article <1140@mailrus.cc.umich.edu> mike@shogun.us.cc.umich.edu () writes:
>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.
 
[ Procedure deleted. ]

We've found that this doens't work all the time.  It appears to
be only successful on a client of a configuration server.  It doesn't
seem to work on configuration servers or standalone machines.  The
result is that you don't get a login window or all combinations
of names and passwords fail.

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