change NIS Password

[Ralf Buchhold]

Hello
I want to change my password (NIS) and I get
the following message:
# passwd username:
Old NIS password:
New password:
Retype new password:

Couldn't change the NIS passwd.

Any idea ?
Ralf

[Steven E. Protter]

Do the two attempts at the new password match?

Is the NIS setup working, ie, is their communication between the NIS master and this machine?

perhaps a problem with /etc/passwd

pwck


SEP

[Rajeev Shukla]

Use
/sbin/passwd username

That wont ask for old password

Cheers
Rajeev

[Ralf Buchhold]

Hello
all of the nis functions are ok.
Only changig password failes.

Ralf

[Mark Grant]

Ralf, have you tried pushing out the password maps again from the NIS server.

I used to get the same problem fairly regularly and it used to drive me nuts. Can't remember how I used to fix it though :(

[MarkSyder]

Is yppasswdd running on the NIS server?

If so, what result do you get if you try yppasswd rather than passwd?

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[Ralf Buchhold]

Yes yppasswd ist running, look:

ps -ef | fgrep yppasswdd

/usr/lib/netsvc/yp/rpc.yppasswdd /etc/passwd -m passwd.nis P

Ralf

[MarkSyder]

Have you tried yppasswd instead of passwd?

Mark

[Ralf Buchhold]

Sorry
yes I has tried yppasswd.
But there is the same failure.

Ralf

[Dave Olker]

Hello Ralf,

Is this problem still occurring or have you resolved it? If it is still occurring, please take a nettl trace of the problem and look at the reply packet from the NIS request to change the password. Hopefully there will be an error code in the nettl trace that will give some indication as to why the password change failed.

If you need help analyzing the network trace let me know.

Regards,

Dave