On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 07:54:47PM -0600, Mike Hicks wrote: > Munir Nassar <nassarmu at redconcepts.net> wrote: > > Yes there is, instead of using: > > $cat /etc/passwd | blablabla > > use: > > $ypcat passwd | blablabla > > That doesn't include the local system, does it? Nope. That's why you'd put the logic in a script and pipe both /etc/passwd and the output of ypcat to it. -- When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists have already won. - reverius Innocence is no protection when governments go bad. - Tom Swiss