are u running portmap?

Ed.

On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:22:57 +0100
Robert Kellner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Thanks a lot, I applied that patch,
> 
> but that did not seem to work. I get the same errors.
> Could this have something to do with pam?
> 
> Robert
> 
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:43:58 -0600
> Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > In the last episode (Mar 18), Robert Kellner said:
> > > I have a problem with passwords on FreeBSD 5.0: I am using NIS, but
> > > neither root, nor the users can change their nis passwords with
> > > yppasswd. Root is asked for the old password and when trying to set a
> > > new one it fails. If a user tries to change his password, this will
> > > not succeed either.
> > > 
> > > here are some loggings:
> > > root tries to change a password:
> > > 
> > > Changing NIS password for testuser
> > > Old Password:
> > > New Password:
> > > Retype New Password:
> > > yppasswd: pam_chauthtok(): error in service module
> > > 
> > > from /var/log/messages:
> > > Mar 18 16:15:30 server yppasswd: in pam_sm_chauthtok(): yppasswd_local(): failed 
> > > to connect to rpc.yppasswdd: server.mydomain.com: RPC: Program not registered
> > 
> > I get this too;  trying to change the password as a regular user from
> > the NIS server fails with the same error.  I have no workaround for
> > this.
> >  
> > > a user tries to change a password:
> > > 
> > > Changing NIS account information for testuser on server.mydomain.com.
> > > Changing NIS password for testuser on server.mydomain.com.
> > > Please enter new password:
> > > Please retype new password:
> > > Error while changing the NIS password.
> > > The NIS password has not been changed on server.mydomain.com.
> > > 
> > > and from /var/logmessages:
> > > Mar 18 16:17:24 btcips73x1 rpc.yppasswdd[2320]: pw_mkdb() failed
> > 
> > Are you exporting /etc/master.passwd via NIS, or are you exporting
> > /var/yp/master.passwd?  There are a couple bugs in rpc.yppasswdd when
> > you are not exporting /etc/master.passwd.  Try the attached patch and
> > see if it helps.  Make backups of /etc/master.passwd and
> > /var/yp/master.passwd just in case :)
> > 
> > -- 
> >     Dan Nelson
> >     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 
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