RE: Security Configuration Settings?

"Wiest, Damian" <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:36:55 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.security.sun
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory Hicks [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 11:23 AM
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; 
> [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Security Configuration Settings?

[snip]

> This tells the system to get ALL user info from LDAP/NIS.  After you
> add the line, be sure to run pwconv to sync /etc/passwd and
> /etc/shadow.

If you use /usr/ucb/vipw to edit /etc/passwd you won't need to run
/bin/pwconv.

-Damian