"Could not get shadow information" msg from LogWatch

From: Art Werschulz (agw_at_cs.columbia.edu)
Date: 02/17/05

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    Hi.

    We are running Fedora FC3 Linux, on a bunch of i686 machines. The kernel
    is 2.6.10-1.766_FC3, or 2.6.10-1.766_FC3smp, as appropriate.

    On exactly two of the machines, LogWatch reports
      error: Could not get shadow information for bovik
    for a bunch of users. AFAICT, these people *did* succesfully log in.
    Note that we are not running shadow passwords, since we are using NIS.

    Any idea why this is happening?

    Many thanks. 

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