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[Sridhar Ayengar]

Dennis Boone wrote:
>  >   - Wny I couldn't login as "root" at the graphical
>  >     interface after I had just set the password (and yes,
>  >     I checked that the password was entered correctly)
> 
> Not sure about single-user mode, but normally, NeXT machines use nis/yp
> for authentication, so the fact that the /etc/passwd file was updated
> isn't all that helpful.
> 
> The nidump and niload commands might be of interest to you in
> understanding this.  Also, there are other tables besides passwd stored
> in nis.

NIS/YP and NetInfo aren't *exactly* the same thing.

Peace...  Sridhar