From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Jan 3 7:50: 6 2001 From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 07:50:02 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15AFD37B402 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 07:50:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f03Fo2791510; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 07:50:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 07:50:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200101031550.f03Fo2791510@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Gerald Pfeifer Subject: Re: misc/22284: Change (SunOS) NIS passwd error Reply-To: Gerald Pfeifer Sender: gnats@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/22284; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Gerald Pfeifer To: Cc: Subject: Re: misc/22284: Change (SunOS) NIS passwd error Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 16:44:13 +0100 (CET) This very problem occurs also on more up-to-date systems, that is: NIS-Server: Solaris 2.6 /SPARC NIS-Client: FreeBSD 4.2 /i386 Changing NIS password for user on NIS-server. Old Password: New password: Retype new password: passwd: failed to change NIS password: RPC: Server can't decode arguments Snoop output on the NIS server: client -> server PORTMAP C GETPORT prog=100009 (NISPASSWD) vers=1 proto=UDP server -> client PORTMAP R GETPORT port=819 client -> server NISPASSWD C server -> client RPC R (#196) XID=861861090 Garbage arguments It impossible for users to change their passwords. This PR should therefore be updated from "Serious" to "Critical"! Gerald -- Gerald "Jerry" pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at http://www.dbai.tuwien.ac.at/~pfeifer/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message