Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 16:07:04 -0400 (EDT) From: James Egelhof <jegelhof@cloud9.net> To: Jane Frodo <jfrodo42@hotmail.com> Cc: dhw@whistle.com, FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS Troubles... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809191606470.21260-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <19980919172737.23160.qmail@hotmail.com>
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What is in messages from rpc.yppasswdd on the master? -james On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Jane Frodo wrote: > I Just noticed something, which *may* be a clue to someone better > informed than me ;-) > > I can su-l to anyone on the NIS master's passwd file as long as I > am root on the client, even though I cant login as those same people. > > Just to be sure the kernel had the same features/modules on both > the NIS client and the NIS server, I compiled a new kernel on the NIS > server, and then installed this one kernel on both the server *and* > the client (using nfs) > > finger works right, ypmatch/ypcat work ok, but passwd does not. > On the client: > > # passwd testlgn > Changing NIS password for testlgn on nismstr.test.com. > Old Password: > New password: > Retype new password: > passwd: failed to change NIS password: rpc.yppasswdd returned error > status > > Any new ideas anyone? > > Thanks! > Jane > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > --- James Egelhof jegelhof@cloud9.net Cloud 9 Consulting, Inc. +1 (914) 696-4000 White Plains, New York http://www.cloud9.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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