Re: passwd NIS+ YP compat mode

The silence is deafening.

Please commit this if it's the correct solution.

FreeBSD looks real bad when it cant be a NIS client of Solaris NIS+ (in YP compat) servers.

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Thyer, Matthew  
> Sent:	Monday, June 23, 2003 12:04 PM
> To:	'yoshint_at_flab.fujitsu.co.jp'
> Cc:	'FreeBSD-current_at_FreeBSD.ORG'; Wilkinson, Alex
> Subject:	SEC:URe: passwd NIS+ YP compat mode
> 
> Yoshinori's patch for FreeBSD NIS clients of Solaris NIS+ servers in YP compatibility mode works for me.
> 
> Please commit this before 5 becomes -STABLE (I'm shocked the bug has made it into 5.1).
> 
> Solaris NIS+ servers in YP compatibility is a very common configuration in larger enterprises.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 27 May 2003 18:09:29 -0700, TOMITA Yoshinori wrote:
> 
> I hope this patch will solve this problem for users living under NIS+
> servers.
> 
> I guess yp_order() is used to check masswd.by* or master.passwd.by*
> databese really exists. yp_master() can be used for this purpose.  But
> I do not know the cost of yp_master() compared to yp_order().
> 
> 
> --- /usr/src/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.c.bak        Tue May 27 08:47:24 2003
> +++ /usr/src/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.c    Wed May 28 09:35:50 2003
> _at__at_ -938,14 +938,15 _at__at_
>  nis_map(char *domain, enum nss_lookup_type how, char *buffer, size_t bufsize,
>      int *master)
>  {
> -       int     rv, order;
> +       int     rv;
> +       char    *outname;
>  
>         *master = 0;
>         if (geteuid() == 0) {
>                 if (snprintf(buffer, bufsize, "master.passwd.by%s",
>                     (how == nss_lt_id) ? "uid" : "name") >= bufsize)
>                         return (NS_UNAVAIL);
> -               rv = yp_order(domain, buffer, &order);
> +               rv = yp_master(domain, buffer, &outname);
>                 if (rv == 0) {
>                         *master = 1;
>                         return (NS_SUCCESS);
> _at__at_ -954,7 +955,7 _at__at_
>         if (snprintf(buffer, bufsize, "passwd.by%s",
>             (how == nss_lt_id) ? "uid" : "name") >= bufsize)
>                 return (NS_UNAVAIL);
> -       rv = yp_order(domain, buffer, &order);
> +       rv = yp_master(domain, buffer, &outname);
>         if (rv == 0)
>                 return (NS_SUCCESS);
>         return (NS_UNAVAIL);
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> ---
> TOMITA Yoshinori
>