NIS and Password Administration

• Trim the passwd file to a minimum set of system specific entries
• Add a + entry to the end of the file as follows.

  root:passwd:0:1:operator:/bin/bash
  daemon:*:1:1::/:
  sys:*:2:2::/:/bin/bash
  bin:*:3:3::/bin:
  uucp:*:4:8::/var/spol/uucppublic:
  +:*:0:0:::
  

• +user includes the NIS passwd map entry for the user.

• -user removes the NIS passwd entry for user.
• yppasswd Updating the NIS password file
• Change made on the master server
• Change propagated to all clients