NYS ypserv NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.

Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Thorsten Kukuk

Please send bug reports, questions and suggestions to <kukuk@suse.de>.


Version 1.3.9
* rpc.yppasswdd: Fix some security problems
* ypserv: Don't fetch new maps by default

Version 1.3.8
* yppush fix for ndbm support
* yppush fix for Irix 6.5.x NIS slave servers
* rpc.yppasswdd shadow rule fixes
* rpc.yppasswdd fixes for saving/restoring old file modes

Version 1.3.7
* All daemons give away controlling tty.
* Fix possible buffer overflow in rpc.yppasswdd.
* Use yp_msg and not syslog in rpc.yppasswdd for debug messages
* Use strcasecmp in yppush for comparing hostnames.
* Set Endianes for ypxfrd transfer correct.
* Fix file handle corruption through ypproc_all
* Fix error handling for fork() call
* Add support for keys and datum which are longer then 1024 bytes
* ypinit doesn't need a working ypwhich -m
* makedbm: some bug fixes for aliases and handling comments
* Add --debug flag to rpc.yppasswdd
* Add support for merging passwd with shadow file
* Add support for merging group with gshadow
* Minor bug fixes for 64bit platforms
* Bug fixes for libc5
* Add support for changing passwd file by external program

Version 1.3.6
* Fix bug in ypserv.conf parser
* Fix support for gdbm on 64bit platforms
* Fix yp_all return code for empty maps
* Upgrade ypmake to version 0.11 from Olaf Kirch
* Add support for passwd.adjunct
* Allow all characters >= 32

Version 1.3.5
* makedbm bug fixes

Version 1.3.4
* Fix output of ypxfr
* Fix /var/yp/Makefile dependency

Version 1.3.3
* Fix rpc.yppasswdd seg.fault in error case
* Make compiling with libc5 working again

Version 1.3.2
* Upate documentation
* Fix NDBM support

Version 1.3.1
* Bugfixes

Version 1.3.0
* Support for ndbm (SunOS 4.x/5.x) (Not complete)
* Add FQDN support (configure --enable-fqdn). All hostnames will
  go through gethostbyname to determine the offical hostname
* Add YP V1 protocol

Version 1.2.8
* Bugfixes

Version 1.2.7
* Bugfixes

Version 1.2.6
* pwupdate and makedbm man pages
* Remove tryresolve, hacker could stop ypserv with it

Version 1.2.5
* Add patches from SuSE distribution

Version 1.2.4
* yppasswd and rpc.yppasswdd bugfixes

Version 1.2.3
* Fix _dns_gethostbyname problem with Linux/libc5

Version 1.2.2
* rpc.yppasswdd bugfixes
* ypMakefile improvements

Version 1.2.1
* Fix ypserv DB file caching
* A lot of rpc.yppasswdd bugfixes

Version 1.2.0
* Cache the DB file handles