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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    Bug#320: marked as done (DANGER! kuser is not NIS/yp account)
From:       owner () bugs ! kde ! org (Stephan Kulow)
Date:       1999-04-01 4:18:01
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Your message dated Thu, 1 Apr 1999 11:05:45 +0700
with message-id <9904011106280D.18245@dyp.inetlab.com>
and subject line DANGER! kuser is not NIS/yp account
has caused the attached bug report to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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Stephan Kulow
(administrator, KDE bugs database)

Received: (at submit) by bugs.kde.org; 21 Jan 1999 14:32:43 +0000
From: Ross Campbell <rcampbel@us.oracle.com>
Subject: DANGER! kuser is not NIS/yp account
To: submit@bugs.kde.org

Package: kuser
Version: Beta4

Old Bugnum  = 772
Fixed   = No
System  = Solaris2.6/Sparc
Distrib = Source code in tar.gz format

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DANGER! kuser is not NIS/yp account aware and it tries to
eliminate +user entries in /etc/passwd. I consider this a
SERIOUS problem for ANY shop that uses NIS for password
management.

At least kuser could ignore "+user" entries, at best it
could recognize them as nis entries, show which NIS server
is bound, warn about using "passwd: files nis" vs "passwd:
compat" in /etc/nsswitch.conf (assuming OS/Platform support
NIS/nsswitch.conf/etc..) and allow a yppasswd change throuh
the gui

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