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Date:      Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:56:57 -0500 (EST)
From:      Mikhail Teterin <mi@misha.cisco.com>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/10264: passwd(1) tryis NIS even with `-l' switch
Message-ID:  <199902251856.NAA19079@misha.cisco.com>

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>Number:         10264
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       passwd(1) tryis NIS even with `-l' switch
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb 25 11:00:00 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mikhail Teterin
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
Virtual Estates, Inc.
>Environment:

	NIS is effectively in read-only mode -- no modifications are
	allowed by workstation

>Description:

   Trying to change the localpassword of a user:

	root@misha:/usr/local/etc (355) passwd -l ftponly
	passwd: failed to create UDP handle: revolution: RPC: \
		Program not registered

	passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged

   fails. Ypbind has to be killed for it to work:

	root@misha:/usr/local/etc (356) killall ypbind
	root@misha:/usr/local/etc (357) passwd -l ftponly
	Changing local password for ftponly.

>How-To-Repeat:

	See description

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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