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I don't know why yppasswd is not working for you. On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:33:09 -0400 (EDT) Scott Ehrlich <scott-DPNOqEs/LNQ at public.gmane.org> wrote: > I normally try not to ask questions until I have done as much research as= =20 > possible, and again, this is the case... >=20 > Just after I thought I had my RH5 samba/nis server working fine, I come= =20 > across the inability to update nis passwords. >=20 > >From the server as root: >=20 > passwd guest1 > Changing password for user guest1. > New UNIX password: > Retype new UNIX password: > NIS password could not be changed. > passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully >=20 >=20 > For the heck of it: >=20 > yppasswd guest1 > Changing NIS acount information for guest1 on server. > Please enter root password: > Changing NIS password for guest1 on server. > Please enter new password: > Please retype new password: > Error while changing the NIS password. > The NIS password has not been changed on the server. >=20 > The server was rebooted, but that didn't help. >=20 > What am I missing? >=20 > Thanks. >=20 > Scott >=20 > --=20 > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >=20 --=20 Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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