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Date:      Fri, 31 Aug 2001 02:32:50 -0700
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "Jacques Beigbeder" <Jacques.Beigbeder@free.fr>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: FreeBSD NIS client for Sun NIS server & passwd
Message-ID:  <00c601c131ff$e734c020$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010831095325.A26127@trefle.ens.fr>

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Solution is simple:

  man login.conf

  Read section under AUTHENTICATION and follow instructions.

Ted Mittelstaedt                                       tedm@toybox.placo.com
Author of:                           The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
Book website:                          http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com


>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jacques
>Beigbeder
>Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:53 AM
>To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject: FreeBSD NIS client for Sun NIS server & passwd
>
>
>I thought it was a FAQ, but I found no answer (except
>for the question in an asian foreign language...).
>
>In the following script, the client is FreeBSD 4.2,
>the server is Solaris 5.x.
>
>	client-beig > passwd
>	Changing NIS password for beig on server.
>	Old Password:
>	New password:
>	Retype new password:
>	passwd: failed to change NIS password: RPC: Server can't
>decode arguments
>
>Using an Ethernet sniffer, I see that the RPC packet from
>the client to the server contains the new password coded
>with MD5 ($1$Yea....).
>
>Is there a simple solution?
>
>--
>Jacques Beigbeder                    |  Jacques.Beigbeder@ens.fr
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>
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