Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:25:01 -0500 From: Edmond Baroud <SoHo@admin.fido.ca> To: Robert Kellner <kellner.robert@gmx.net> Cc: dnelson@allantgroup.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: noone can change password with yppasswd Message-ID: <20030319102501.6e4bb90c.SoHo@admin.fido.ca> In-Reply-To: <20030319162257.319d7ff5.kellner.robert@gmx.net> References: <20030318172040.3491700f.kellner.robert@gmx.net> <20030318164358.GB2054@dan.emsphone.com> <20030319162257.319d7ff5.kellner.robert@gmx.net>
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are u running portmap? Ed. On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:22:57 +0100 Robert Kellner <kellner.robert@gmx.net> wrote: > Thanks a lot, I applied that patch, > > but that did not seem to work. I get the same errors. > Could this have something to do with pam? > > Robert > > On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:43:58 -0600 > Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrote: > > > In the last episode (Mar 18), Robert Kellner said: > > > I have a problem with passwords on FreeBSD 5.0: I am using NIS, but > > > neither root, nor the users can change their nis passwords with > > > yppasswd. Root is asked for the old password and when trying to set a > > > new one it fails. If a user tries to change his password, this will > > > not succeed either. > > > > > > here are some loggings: > > > root tries to change a password: > > > > > > Changing NIS password for testuser > > > Old Password: > > > New Password: > > > Retype New Password: > > > yppasswd: pam_chauthtok(): error in service module > > > > > > from /var/log/messages: > > > Mar 18 16:15:30 server yppasswd: in pam_sm_chauthtok(): yppasswd_local(): failed to connect to rpc.yppasswdd: server.mydomain.com: RPC: Program not registered > > > > I get this too; trying to change the password as a regular user from > > the NIS server fails with the same error. I have no workaround for > > this. > > > > > a user tries to change a password: > > > > > > Changing NIS account information for testuser on server.mydomain.com. > > > Changing NIS password for testuser on server.mydomain.com. > > > Please enter new password: > > > Please retype new password: > > > Error while changing the NIS password. > > > The NIS password has not been changed on server.mydomain.com. > > > > > > and from /var/logmessages: > > > Mar 18 16:17:24 btcips73x1 rpc.yppasswdd[2320]: pw_mkdb() failed > > > > Are you exporting /etc/master.passwd via NIS, or are you exporting > > /var/yp/master.passwd? There are a couple bugs in rpc.yppasswdd when > > you are not exporting /etc/master.passwd. Try the attached patch and > > see if it helps. Make backups of /etc/master.passwd and > > /var/yp/master.passwd just in case :) > > > > -- > > Dan Nelson > > dnelson@allantgroup.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Edmond Baroud UNIX Systems Admin mailto:SoHo@admin.fido.ca Fingerprint 140F 5FD5 3FDD 45D9 226D 9602 8C3D EAFB 4E19 BEF9 "UNIX is very user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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