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- From: hanson@pogo.fnal.gov (Steve Hanson)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
- Subject: Re: NFS -- where do files really live?
- Date: 23 Nov 92 15:41:05 GMT
- Organization: FERMILAB, Batavia, IL
- Lines: 39
- Message-ID: <hanson.722533265@pogo>
- References: <1992Nov23.035432.13490@midway.uchicago.edu> <khm.722513356@powell>
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- In <khm.722513356@powell> khm@powell.cs.jt.dk (Kurt Hangaard Marcussen) writes:
-
- >lie6@ellis.uchicago.edu (Jonathan Lieberman) writes:
-
-
- >>The other day I was poking around and I noticed the the /etc/passwd was
- >>very small. Since there are some 3000+ users this struck me as odd. less
- >>/etc/passwd reveal that there were only some 10-20 users listed there.
- >>All were admin type accounts.
-
- >>Where do the files live?
-
- >>NFS -- I am so confused...
- >>--
- >>____________________________________________________________________________
- >> | People demand freedom of speech to make up
- >>Jonathan Lieberman | for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
- >>lie6@midway.uchicago.edu | -Kierkegaard
-
- >Hi there!
-
- >Your question is not strictly an NFS question. The thing is that
- >you're also running YP/NIS (Network Information System), which
- >means that essential files (like /etc/passwd) are only kept in
- >full at the so called NIS master. So you need to know what host
- >in your system is acting as NIS master. It should have the full
- >password file (at least the common part).
-
- >Regards from
- >Kurt
-
- If you want to see what is in the passwd network map just do
- a
- ypcat passwd
- on your machine. This will list the network map.
- --
- Steve Hanson - FERMILAB, Batavia, Il.
- hanson@pogo.fnal.gov or hanson@fnal.fnal.gov
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