Subject: Problems changing NIS password as root
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Martti Kuparinen <martti.kuparinen@iki.fi>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/11/2002 16:36:10
Hi!

I can't change the NIS password as root on the NIS master server
because it asks me the old password (which I can't remember).
Any ideas what's wrong?

yppasswdd_mkpw.c:
     $NetBSD: yppasswdd_mkpw.c,v 1.9.2.1 2002/11/24 16:07:29 tron Exp $
     $NetBSD: yppasswdd_mkpw.c,v 1.9.2.1 2002/11/24 16:07:29 tron Exp $

ROOT sl:~> id
uid=0(root) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel),2(kmem),3(sys),4(tty),5(operator),20(staff),31(guest)

ROOT sl:~> passwd martti
Changing YP password for martti.
Old password:

ROOT sl:~> ps axw
...
  102 ?? Ss    0:00.29 /usr/sbin/syslogd -s
  117 ?? Ss    0:00.41 /usr/sbin/rpcbind -l
  121 ?? Ss    0:56.15 /usr/sbin/ypserv -d
  125 ?? Ss    0:17.95 /usr/sbin/ypbind
  129 ?? Ss    0:00.01 /usr/sbin/rpc.yppasswdd -d /var/yp


Martti

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