On 30/08/2007, Scott Ehrlich <scott at 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