Help: NIS+ password information update failed while talking to NIS+ passwd daemon

Help: NIS+ password information update failed while talking to NIS+ passwd daemon

Post by Jean-Noel Coli » Fri, 31 May 2002 19:12:22



Hi all,

I have setup a NIS+ server on Solaris 8, and several clients on Solaris 8 as
well.

I created several users, within the same group, using AdminSuite. Although I
was able to
change the password of one of them, I could not change the password of the
second. passwd
exited with 'NIS+ password information update failed while talking to NIS+
passwd daemon'.
Both have similar entries in cred.org_dir and passwd.org_dir
Can someone help?

Thanks a lot

bash-2.03$ passwd
passwd:  Changing password for thadou
Enter login(NIS+) password:
New password:
Re-enter new password:
NIS+ password information changed for thadou
NIS+ credential information changed for thadou

bash-2.03$ passwd
passwd:  Changing password for tleglise
Enter login(NIS+) password:
New password:
Re-enter new password:
NIS+ password information update failed while talking to NIS+ passwd daemon
passwd (NIS+): Password information update failed
Permission denied
bash-2.03$

 
 
 

Help: NIS+ password information update failed while talking to NIS+ passwd daemon

Post by Neil W Ricker » Tue, 04 Jun 2002 04:29:22



>I have setup a NIS+ server on Solaris 8, and several clients on Solaris 8 as
>well.
>I created several users, within the same group, using AdminSuite. Although I
>was able to
>change the password of one of them, I could not change the password of the
>second. passwd
>exited with 'NIS+ password information update failed while talking to NIS+
>passwd daemon'.
>Both have similar entries in cred.org_dir and passwd.org_dir

Try "nispasswd".  I have occasionally (solaris 7) had accounts where
"passwd" didn't work, but "nispasswd" did.  (Yes, I know they are
different names for the same program).

 
 
 

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