Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 16:53:55 +0200 (SAST) From: Irvine Short <irvine@sanbi.ac.za> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: failed to change NIS password Message-ID: <20040202165133.N6729@fling.sanbi.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <20040202161558.U6729@fling.sanbi.ac.za> References: <20040202161558.U6729@fling.sanbi.ac.za>
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OK, got it! On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Irvine Short wrote: > FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE NIS master, trying to change password for NIS user on > same machine. One other client - Red Hat 7.3 > > All works fine, can log in to both machines, can ypcat all the maps, etc. > > However when I try and change password on the FreeBSD box I get this: > > passwd: failed to change NIS password: RPC: Server can't decode arguments I had all the user's login shells set to /bin/bash with an appropriate symlink on the 'BSD box so they could have the same login shell on Linux & FreeBSD. I had neglected to update /etc/shells... TIA (thanks in absence?) Irvine
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