djc@kesa.com (Don Christensen) (06/05/91)
I am having a problem getting rpc.yppasswdd to automatically do a yp make
whenever an NIS passwd gets changed. I am using the exact line given in
the SunOS 4.1.1 System and Network Administration Manual on page 490
(except I am using /etc/passwd as the master passwd file) as follows:
/usr/etc/yp/rpc.yppasswd /etc/passwd -m passwd DIR=/var/yp/kesa
When I use yppasswd from an NIS client, the maps do not get propogated
until a cron job runs and does it or I do a make by hand. In trying to
debug this, I replaced /bin/make with a shell script that echoed its
arguments to a file as follows:
#! /bin/sh
echo Make arguments are $* > /var/tmp/make.args
After doing a yppasswd on a client, the /var/tmp/make.args file contained
the following:
Make arguments are /usr/etc/yp/rpc.yppasswd \
/etc/passwd -m passwd DIR=/var/yp/kesa
(line broken by me for readability)
It seems to me that this is incorrect ;^) Am I doing something wrong?
Is there a workaround or patch that I do not know about? We are running
4.1.1 with no patches on an IPC.
Thanks for any help.
-Don
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djc@kesa.com (Don Christensen) writes: >I am having a problem getting rpc.yppasswdd to automatically do a yp make >whenever an NIS passwd gets changed. I am using the exact line given in >the SunOS 4.1.1 System and Network Administration Manual on page 490 >(except I am using /etc/passwd as the master passwd file) as follows: > /usr/etc/yp/rpc.yppasswd /etc/passwd -m passwd DIR=/var/yp/kesa Take out the DIR=/var/yp/kesa and it'll work fine. Go to to /var/yp and type:- make passwd DIR=/var/yp/kesa and you'll see it fails. -- ________________________________________________________________________ Ross Rodney Cartlidge | rossc@extro.ucc.su.oz.au University Computing Service, H08 | Phone: +61 2 6923497 University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia | FAX: +61 2 6606557
jba@gorm.ruc.dk (Jan B. Andersen) (06/13/91)
djc@kesa.com (Don Christensen) writes: >I am having a problem getting rpc.yppasswdd to automatically do a yp make >whenever an NIS passwd gets changed. I am using the exact line [...] > > /usr/etc/yp/rpc.yppasswd /etc/passwd -m passwd DIR=/var/yp/kesa > > [...] I replaced /bin/make with a shell script that echoed its > arguments to a file as follows: > > #! /bin/sh > echo Make arguments are $* > /var/tmp/make.args > >After doing a yppasswd on a client, the /var/tmp/make.args file contained >the following: > > Make arguments are /usr/etc/yp/rpc.yppasswd \ > /etc/passwd -m passwd DIR=/var/yp/kesa > > (line broken by me for readability) > >It seems to me that this is incorrect ;^) Am I doing something wrong? To which rossc@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Ross Cartlidge) replies: >Take out the DIR=/var/yp/kesa and it'll work fine. No - It won't work!! The problem is that rpc.yppasswdd generates the wrong set of arguments to make instead of using the -m value. I had the same problem until 10 min. ago (and thus had to run a cron-job every 10 min to update the maps), but inspired by your test I came up with the following fix: In /var/yp/Makefile, insert a target that matches whatever rpc.yppasswd generates and let that target do a 'make passwd' instead. On my system (with "rpc.yppasswdd /usr/etc/NIS-Master-files/passwd -m passwd" in /etc/rc.local) it becomes: rpc.yppasswdd: @echo "This is a gigantic fix for rpc.yppasswdd" @echo "Why does it call make with the arguments" @echo "rpc.yppasswdd /usr/etc/NIS-Master-files/passwd -m passwd" @echo "when 'passwd' would do nicely?" @echo "Go and simulate it" $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) passwd exit 0 /| / Jan B. Andersen /^^^\ .----------------. / | / RUC, Hus 19,1 jba@dat.ruc.dk { o_o } | SIMULA does it | /--|/ Postbox 260 DG-passer@ruc.dk \ o / --> | with CLASS | `--' ' DK-4000 Roskilde Postmaster@ruc.dk --mm---mm-- `----------------'