NIS password change issues

[Paul Mezzanini]

Yesterday it was brought to my attention that my users can no longer change their passwords. This is obviously a "bad thing"(tm).

When I try to change my password on a workstation (normal user account) I get this:

mezz@daisy:~$ passwd
Changing password for mezz on NIS server
Old NIS password:
New password:
Re-enter new password:
pam_chauthtok: System error
mezz@daisy:~$


if I use yppasswd the output is the same except the pam line is not there.

Even though `yppasswd` isn't throwing an error, it still isn't working. I've done everything I can think of short of rebooting the server. Perhaps if the labs clear out sometime today I will try that too.

help!

-paul

P.S. I sent a copy of this by mistake to the DB category, I am re-posting this to the SA category too. (at least it can be argued that it is a DB issue being an NIS problem :)

sorry guys

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

Here is your other post. It was okay. We keep an eye on all categories under hp-ux.

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x302bcb60e503d6118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html

Thanks