password change with nis

[Yogender Yogi]

When a user attempt to change her password, using passwd from the command line, she was asked to change her 'local password' after the NIS password had been changed. (see below).

We never created or recognised this 'local password' and also do not know what should be supplied.

Thus, the server response with 'Sorry'. Could you help to remove this message if it is not needed at all ?

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osstbsys:/m/home/moli (12) moli% passwd
Changing password for moli on NIS server
Old NIS password:
New password:
Re-enter new password:
NIS(YP) passwd/attributes changed on osstbsys, the master NIS server.

Changing local password for moli
Old password:
Sorry.
osstbsys:/m/home/moli (13) moli%
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[V. Nyga]

Hi Yogi,

I've never seen this before, but I could imagine that you have the user twice.
One time he is defined at the NIS server and maybe a second time at the client.
You should check the local /etc/passwd at the client.
It has to look like my example file.

Regards
Volkmar

[V. Nyga]

Hi Yogi,

I've never seen this before, but I could imagine that you have the user twice.
One time he is defined at the NIS server and maybe a second time at the client.
You should check the local /etc/passwd at the client.
It has to look like my example file.

Regards
Volkmar

More explanation:
No local user should be defined except for the needed ones for admin processes.
The '+' is for the users from the NIS server.

[Yogender Yogi]

The /etc/passwd file on NIS master has to contain the user. otherwise how the maps are going to be generated

[V. Nyga]

Hi again,

is the user changing her password at the NIS master? Sorry that wasn't clear for me.
What does 'ypwhich' says?

Volkmar

[Balaji N]

hi
used to have this problem frequently. so i always used to change the password from the nisclients.

alternatively, you can ask the user to use

passwd -r files or nis to change the passwd


or use yppasswd to change the nis passwords.

hope this helps.
-balaji

[Dean Johnson_10]

Hi

I am getting the same problem on my NIS master server. The "Old password" for local appears to be the new NIS password. This only happens on my NIS master (I am using /etc/passwd to create the maps). Unfortunately my users dont have access to the shell so cannot run the passwd command. Did anyone find a solution to this problem ? Do I need to amend my map to use another file other than /etc/passwd ?

Regards

Dean Johnson