Re: NIS (YP) v. Informix products

In article <2qd7ru$fnn@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> ccmp@dec1.tvp.com.pl (Michal Pegierski) writes: >Hi, > >Somebody has mentioned there are problems using NIS (YP) and Informix >products (Online , Star ). > Could anybody give more details, and what are Informix plans. > > Michal Pegierski Yeah, one of Informix brain-dead installations overwrote the +::++ line at the end of /etc/passwd and about locked me out of the damn system. I don't use /etc/* files for NIS maps, mine are in /var/yp/etc, where they *should* be IMHO (discussion in comp.sys.sun.admin). Informix seems to be NIS aware, but works on files directly, and doesn't use NIS calls (at least for passwd). Hope someone can fill in the rest. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Joseph P. DeCello III **Computer Asst.** Email: decello@cad.msu.edu Michigan State University CPP Phone: (517) 355-9582 Dept. of Campus Park and Planning hours: MWF 8-11,2-4 EDT