I normally try not to ask questions until I have done as much research as possible, and again, this is the case...
Just after I thought I had my RH5 samba/nis server working fine, I come across the inability to update nis passwords.
From the server as root:
passwd guest1 Changing password for user guest1. New UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: NIS password could not be changed. passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully
For the heck of it:
yppasswd guest1 Changing NIS acount information for guest1 on server. Please enter root password: Changing NIS password for guest1 on server. Please enter new password: Please retype new password: Error while changing the NIS password. The NIS password has not been changed on the server.
The server was rebooted, but that didn't help.
What am I missing?
Thanks.
Scott
On 30/08/2007, Scott Ehrlich scott@mit.edu wrote:
I normally try not to ask questions until I have done as much research as possible, and again, this is the case...
Just after I thought I had my RH5 samba/nis server working fine, I come across the inability to update nis passwords.
From the server as root:
passwd guest1 Changing password for user guest1. New UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: NIS password could not be changed. passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully
For the heck of it:
yppasswd guest1 Changing NIS acount information for guest1 on server. Please enter root password: Changing NIS password for guest1 on server. Please enter new password: Please retype new password: Error while changing the NIS password. The NIS password has not been changed on the server.
The server was rebooted, but that didn't help.
What am I missing?
I assume yppasswdd is running on the server?
Is there anything in /var/log/messages on the server?
James Pearson
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