On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:39:48 -0600 Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the last episode (Mar 19), Robert Kellner said: > > Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In the last episode (Mar 18), Robert Kellner said: > > > > 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 :) > > > > 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? > > rpc.yppasswdd doesn't use pam at all, so I doubt it. > > So you are using /etc/master.passwd as your NIS passwd file, then? Try > commenting out the daemon(0,0) call in yppasswdd_main.c, and run it > again. If pwd_mkdb is failing, you should see an error message on > stderr. I am not using /etc/master.passwd as NIS passwd, I have a sepearte master.passwd in /var/yp I commented out the daemon(0,0) call and I got the following (as root): from yppasswd:bash-2.05b# yppasswd testuser Changing NIS password for testuser Old Password: New Password: Retype New Password: yppasswd: pam_chauthtok(): error in service module /var/log/messages:Mar 19 16:58:03 btcips73x1 yppasswd: in pam_sm_chauthtok(): yppasswd_local(): failed to connect to rpc.yppasswdd: btcips73x1.cip.uni-bayreuth.de: RPC: Program not registered To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
