Problem changing local root password

[Andrew.Bridgeman at corusgroup.com]

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 at corusgroup.com

> We are currently trying to change the local root password on 40 Linux
> Redhat WS Version 3 machines but we keep getting the error below. Can
> anyone help with this? Has anyone seen this before?
>
> [root at 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 at 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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