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Operating Systems Solaris Unable to change the passwd Post 302749475 by vamshigvk475 on Friday 28th of December 2012 11:55:31 AM
Old 12-28-2012
even i also encountered with the same problem....
try this:

#cp /etc/nsswitch.files /etc/nsswitch.conf

 

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