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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=129560012-23092005>Yup,
yppasswdd is running on the server for sure. (I did rpcinfo to check for
it.)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=129560012-23092005>I
believe it is also running on the clients, but I'll doublecheck
that.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=129560012-23092005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=129560012-23092005>The
only thing I can think of so far, that would cause it to fail -- The shadow and
gshadow files are permission 400, but that's the way they've always been, even
in /etc. I'll try changing to 600 and see if that does any good, but I
don't think it'll change anything.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=129560012-23092005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=129560012-23092005>It
would be *most* helpful if only I could figure out why the heck yppasswdd isn't
logging to syslog.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=129560012-23092005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Rudie, Tony
[mailto:Tony.Rudie@fmr.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 23, 2005 8:00
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Eddy Harvey<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [BBLISA] Can't seem to
figure out yppasswd problem --<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=581525711-23092005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>yppasswdd
is running, yes? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><I><FONT face=Arial size=2> - Tony Rudié 617
563 2509</FONT></I></SPAN> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
bblisa-bounces@bblisa.org [mailto:bblisa-bounces@bblisa.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Eddy Harvey<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 22, 2005 7:56
PM<BR><B>To:</B> bblisa@bblisa.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [BBLISA] Can't seem to
figure out yppasswd problem --<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140554923-22092005><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I become root
and do </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140554923-22092005> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>yppasswd eharvey</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140554923-22092005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then I get
prompted for root's password, and new passwd for eharvey. Everything
goes fine, except I get</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140554923-22092005> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>Error while changing the NIS password.<BR> The NIS
password has not been changed</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140554923-22092005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140554923-22092005><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I become
myself (eharvey) and do</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140554923-22092005> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>yppasswd</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140554923-22092005><FONT face=Arial size=2>I get prompted
exactly as expected, but get the same error message.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140554923-22092005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140554923-22092005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any ideas what's
going wrong? I've already checked the days-to-change fields in shadow,
but they all seem fine. I can't seem to find any logging that would
give me a clue about this too.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140554923-22092005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140554923-22092005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140554923-22092005><FONT face=Arial
size=2>*sigh*....</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>--<BR>No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR>Checked by
AVG Anti-Virus.<BR>Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.4/109 - Release
Date: 9/21/2005<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>--<BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by
AVG Anti-Virus.<BR>Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.5/110 - Release
Date: 9/22/2005<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>--<BR>
No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR>
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR>
Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.5/110 - Release Date: 9/22/2005<BR>
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