Re: Rather odd NIS problem

[Paul Furness <paul.furness@vil.ite.mee.com>]

Thanks, that fixed it. I know it sounds stupid, but it didn't occur to
me that yppasswdd had a configuration file. Man, I must be asleep. :)

Paul.


On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 13:54, Yu Chen wrote:
> Looks like the same problem I had once. On NIS server do a ps -ef|grep yp,
> see how yppasswdd is run, in your case, it should be something like
> rpc.yppasswdd -D /var/yp
> if not, you should tell yppasswdd where is your files, edit
> /etc/sysconfig/yppasswdd
> 
> Hope this will help!
> 
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> On 19 Mar 2003, Paul Furness wrote:
> 
> > Hello.
> >
> > I have a reccuring problem with NIS. My main production NIS server won't
> > let me change any passwords. The system is a completely new system which
> > I have built from the ground up to replace the old, failing one. It is
> > based around RedHat 7.3 with updates; the kernel version is
> > 2.4.18-24.7.x, ypserv is version 2.5-2.7x, ypbind is 1.10-7, and
> > yp-tools is 2.6-4.
> >
> > Although the setup (in terms of the files which are shared) is the same
> > as the original system (which did work ok), the config files are the new
> > default ones, edited by me. Also, I have needed to edit the Makefile in
> > /var/yp so as to share the correct things as the correct names. The
> > changes I made were based on comparing the old files with the new ones,
> > so I didn't simply copy all the old stuff into the new places.
> >
> > Anyhow, ypserv, ypbind and yppasswdd all start fine, and the domain is
> > shared correctly and works. I have moved everything over to using this
> > domain, and removed the old NIS server. Everything else works fine, but
> > when I try and change a user's password, this happens:
> >
> > # yppasswd furnesp
> > Changing NIS account information for furnesp on antonia.vil.ite.mee.com.
> > Please enter root password:
> > Changing NIS password for furnesp on antonia.vil.ite.mee.com.
> > Please enter new password:
> > Please retype new password:
> > Error while changing the NIS password.
> > The NIS password has not been changed on antonia.vil.ite.mee.com.
> > #
> >
> > (obviosly, I enter the appropriate passwords when prompted!)
> >
> > If I try to "su - user" first, I still get the same output (asking for
> > user's old password instead of root password).
> >
> > Incidentally, I did wonder if the password I was using was too simple,
> > but the problem happens with very strong passwords as well.
> >
> > It may or may not affect it, but I am not using passwd or group file in
> > /etc; all the files are in /var/yp/ypfiles. I have edited the
> > configuration in the Makefile to take account of this, and it works
> > fine. If I manually enter a new user into /var/yp/ypfiles/passwd, and
> > copy/paste a password from an existing account into the password field,
> > then do a make, the new user account appears correctly in the NIS, and
> > the password works. Oh, and I am not using a shadow file at all.
> >
> >
> > For brevity, I haven't copied the Makefile to this email, but below is
> > /etc/ypserv.conf and yp.conf. If anyone wants to look at the Makefile,
> > I'll send it to you off list.
> >
> > Has anyone seen this problem before?
> >
> > Tks.
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> > -----------
> >
> > yp.conf:
> >  <SNIP>
> >
> > domain vilnis broadcast
> >
> > </SNIP>
> >
> > ypserv.conf:
> > <SNIP>
> >
> > dns: no
> >
> > files: 30
> >
> > xfr_check_port: yes
> >
> > # Host                     : Domain  : Map              : Security
> >
> > *                          : *       : *                : none
> > </SNIP>
> >
> >
> >
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> > Paul Furness
> >
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> > Visual Information Lab
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