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Date:      Tue, 17 Sep 2002 18:17:41 +0800 (CST)
From:      wkwu@csie.nctu.edu.tw
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   bin/42868: passwd on NIS master server can't work for users
Message-ID:  <200209171017.g8HAHfTm056481@mailgate.csie.nctu.edu.tw>

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>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?

>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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