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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I am having Solaris 5.10 acting as NIS.
How do i change multiple user password in NIS in a batch.
I have predefined users with their passwords to be set:
Example:
user1 password1
user2 password2
Pls advise. (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: yogajwa
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2. HP-UX
HI. I was wondering if anyone can assist me in this. I have an HP-UX 11.31 server at work which keeps expiring my NIS password. I cannot log in unless I use root access. It worked before and I think some of the settings changed since then. My boss has told me that since we're taking some... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: zixzix01
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3. Red Hat
Hi,
I am running NIS server on redhat linux 5 and I want to implement password restrictions for the yppasswd, how can I do it.Please help me.
I can implement password restriction for passwd by configuring /etc/pam.d/system-auth and setting crack_lib.so but I don't know how to implent the same... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: ktrimu
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4. Solaris
Hi
Any body knows how to prompt user to change password on first login in a Solaris NIS client.
Thanks
HG (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Hari_Ganesh
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5. Solaris
Friends
I want to know whether i can change the password of a user logged in thru NIS from a client machine after stopping the YP services in NIS server.
Note - The Slave server is up and running.
I tried doing this. But i got the reply "Permission Denied".
I stopped the YP services in... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: efunds
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6. Solaris
Greetings All,
I am newbie to Unix. Have the following issue:
Users are unable to change their password themselves.
After they ash to a specific box (NIS Account is extended to that box)and then su as them with an assigned password and run command to change the password they get this error:
... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: cardiner
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7. Solaris
Hi
Our nis server running on Sun solaris 8 operating system.
I have added a new user in the nis passwd file
& when I am trying to update the file from nis server by using
following command:
# cd /var/yp
# make
updated passwd
It updates the passwd file but does not come back to command... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: dolphin
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi ,
is there anyway of implementing password aging in NIS?
I would say thanks in advance.
Thanks and regards,
HAA (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: HAA
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9. Solaris
Hi,
I need help urgently.
I've been running NIS for 4 years without problem. And just two weeks ago, all my users are unable to change their password which never happens before.
When we issue passwd or yppasswd, this is what we get
passwd : Changing password for Jennifer
Enter existing... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jennifer
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
SCO OpenServer 5.05
Has anyone ever received this error when attempting to
change/assign a user password?
#ypasswd
=======================================
yppasswd: (host name) is not running yppasswd daemon
Password request denied.
Reason: Remote password change request denied.... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: gseyforth
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