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From: James Egelhof <jegelhof@cloud9.net>
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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
> 
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