RE: Problem changing local root password
- From: Andrew.Bridgeman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:28:06 +0000
Yes, the root user is in the passwd file on the machine i am logging into.
Unfortunately i cannot see the -N option when i do a man on passwd either.
Regards
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Hi Andrew,
if your sure that's it's not a NIS problem then I dont know what it could
be.
Is the root user in the passwd file on the host your logged onto ?
The passwd command used to have a -N option which is not available in my
RHEL4 boxes, but it may be on your WS3 box.
Good luck,
Nick .
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Hi Nick,
There is a root user in the NIS database, The Sun system that
is the NIS
server creates this entry when the tables are updated.
But in /etc/nsswitch.conf on the linux system the order of
the lookup is
configured as FILES first, then NIS
When on the linux system i cd into the homefolder of root
(using cd ~) it
goes to /root and not / as the root user in NIS has.
All this is as it should be, the only thing not working right
is changing
root's local password.
Regards
Andrew Bridgeman
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Hi Andrew,
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew.Bridgeman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We are currently trying to change the local root passwordon 40 Linux
Redhat WS Version 3 machines but we keep getting the errorbelow. Can
anyone help with this? Has anyone seen this before?
[root@linux etc]# passwd
Changing password for user root.
New password:
Retype new password:
RPC: Can't encode arguments
The password has not been changed on sunnisserver.
passwd: Failed preliminary check by password service
[root@linux etc]#
Im guessing here, but have you set the root user to use NIS ?
Try yppasswd if so.
That's about all I can offer I'm afraid,
Nick .
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