Problem changing local root password

Thu Mar 16 14:53:07 UTC 2006

It could be a problem with shadow passwords?  Verify you have the correct
version of shadow-utils installed.  Thats just a shot in the dark, BTW.

On 3/16/06, Lunt, Nick <Nick.Lunt at wesleyan.co.uk> wrote:
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> I'm as stuck as you are now then Andrew :)
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> Anyone else got any ideas ?
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> > From: Andrew.Bridgeman at corusgroup.com
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> > Subject: RE: Problem changing local root password
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> > 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.
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> > Regards
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> > Hi Andrew,
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> > 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.
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> > Good luck,
> > Nick .
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andrew.Bridgeman at corusgroup.com
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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
> > >
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> > > Hi Andrew,
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> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Andrew.Bridgeman at corusgroup.com
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> > > > 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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