Sysadmin:ImportantInfo:AuthenticationInfo

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Password changes

NIS

NIS password changes maybe done from any machine attached to the domain using the yppasswd command.

Mediawiki

Password changes are done from the preferences page.

RT

Password changes are done from the preferences page.

NIS group membership

  • On quark
    1. Edit /etc/group and add the user to the desired group.
    2. cd to /var/yp and run make.

  • In the ACL images (only if this is a local, non-NIS group!)
    1. Edit /etc/group and add the user
    2. You can now either push the new group file out, or wait a week for the reimage.
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