[CentOS] NIS passwd and paswd.byname map encryption

Wed Dec 28 17:04:51 UTC 2011
Boris Epstein <borepstein at gmail.com>

Hello listmates.

It appears that in order to authenticate a Mac OS X Lion client via NIS the
passwords in passwd and passwd.byname maps need to be MD5 encrypted. How do
I see what encryption has been used in my maps? How do I change it?

Thanks.

Boris.