Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.admin,comp.sys.sun.admin
From: flisakow@cae.wisc.edu (Shawn Flisakowski)
Subject: Group File Tools
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Date: 29 Mar 93 17:19:55 CST
Message-ID: <1993Mar29.171955.17970@doug.cae.wisc.edu>


     
    I have implemented a small client/server interface to the group file.
  It allows normal users to create groups and add users to groups using 
  the password field in the group file to provide the necessary security.

  I feel a reasonably easy way to share files by using groups actually
  improves system security since it is not necessary for users to share
  passwords.  This program was implemented out of laziness though, we
  were previously adding groups by hand, yick. 

    I wrote it for HPUX and SunOs boxes to connect up to a SunOs NIS server.
  I suspect the client program would compile on nearly any unix box, the
  server program assumes it is running under inetd.

    It's not that big of a program, but I personally like the command line
 interface.  It's available for anon ftp from 
    doug.cae.wisc.edu (144.92.12.177) packaged as grp.tar


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