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Date:      Sun, 3 Aug 2003 23:19:30 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Jin Guojun <jin@george.lbl.gov>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pw_mkdb() failed in rpc.yppasswdd
Message-ID:  <20030804041930.GJ38843@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <200308040411.h744BePX067732@portnoy.lbl.gov>
References:  <200308040411.h744BePX067732@portnoy.lbl.gov>

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In the last episode (Aug 03), Jin Guojun said:
> When using yppasswd to change a user password, rcp.yppasswdd failed in two ways:
> 
> change passwd from root on NIS server:
> ------- server syslog messages ---------
> passwd: in pam_sm_chauthtok(): yppasswd_local(): failed to connect to rpc.yppasswdd: 
> nis.server.$DOMAIN: RPC: Program not registered
> 
> change passwd from a user on either NIS server or a remote machine:
> ------- server syslog messages ---------
>  rpc.yppasswdd[349]: pw_mkdb() failed
>  passwd: in pam_sm_chauthtok(): yppasswd_remote(): NIS password update failed
> 
> ========= end of messages =========
> 
> This is on 5.1 release. What would be the problem?

I believe both bugs have been fixed in -current.  Updating the sources
to rpc.yppasswd and rebuilding it should work, if you don't want to
update the entire system.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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