Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 16:50:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex de Kruijff <akruijff@dds.nl> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: re: bin/42868 - passwd on NIS master server can't work for users Message-ID: <200304202350.h3KNoGNx074996@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/42868; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Alex de Kruijff <akruijff@dds.nl> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, wkwu@csie.nctu.edu.tw Cc: Subject: re: bin/42868 - passwd on NIS master server can't work for users Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 01:43:57 +0200 >Number: 42868 >Category: bin >Synopsis: passwd on NIS master server can't work for users >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Sep 17 03:20:02 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Wei-Kai Wu >Release: FreeBSD 4.7-PRERELEASE i386 >Organization: Kavalan >Environment: System: FreeBSD mailgate 4.7-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.7-PRERELEASE #4: Mon Sep 16 16:19:03 CST 2002 Wei-Kai@mailgate:/spool/obj/home/src/sys/MAILGATE i386 >Description: > I use 'passwd' on NIS master server as below: (root account) > $ /usr/bin/passwd james > Changing NIS password for root on localhost in domain +csie.nis. > Why I can't change the james's password on NIS master server? > The sources' (usr.bin/passwd/*.c) problem or the NIS policy? The manual (file:/usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/nis.html) hold some clue to what you can do. Try using the yp version op passwd to change you password. (yppasswd) Does this solve you problem? >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: -- Alex
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