----- Original Message ----- | On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 03:41:22PM -0500, Mike VanHorn wrote: | > How can I restrict access to a system based on NIS netgroups? | | Change nsswitch.conf so that it reads | passwd: compat | passwd_compat: nis | | And then in /etc/passwd | + at netgroup1:::::: | + at netgroup2:::::: | | That way only users in the given netgroup(s) have visible accounts on | the | machine. | | -- | | rgds | Stephen | _______________________________________________ | CentOS mailing list | CentOS at centos.org | http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos acccess.conf supposed to support this type of functionality thereby not needing to modify /etc/passwd / /etc/shadow!?! -- James A. Peltier IT Services - Research Computing Group Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus Phone : 778-782-6573 Fax : 778-782-3045 E-Mail : jpeltier at sfu.ca Website : http://www.sfu.ca/itservices http://blogs.sfu.ca/people/jpeltier I will do the best I can with the talent I have