Changing Local Passwords

From: Dan Winger <winger_at_sewp.nasa.gov>
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 95 10:28:35 -0400

Hello there,

        How do you change a password for a local account without getting
interference from the NIS password account? The local account just happens
to be on the system acting as the NIS Master and the system is an Alpha running
OSF/1 3.0a.

My "/etc/svc.conf" is:

        aliases=local,yp
        group=local,yp
        hosts=local,bind,yp
        netgroup=local,yp
        networks=local,yp
        passwd=local
        protocols=local,yp
        rpc=local,yp
        services=local,yp

        SECLEVEL=BSD # for backwards compatibility ONLY

I have gone to the point of rebooting the machine so that it should only see the
local "/etc/passwd" file.

I type:

passwd winger

It responds with:

Changing NIS password for winger
Old NIS password:

I have already changed my NIS password. I want to change my local passwd.

Any help I would greatly appreciate.

Thank You.

Dan Winger __ _ * ) * NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
SEWP BOWL (soop bol) * _ ( \\ * RMS Technologies Inc.
winger_at_sewp.nasa.gov * (_X__//_ * Code 251.9
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Received on Fri Jun 09 1995 - 21:27:07 NZST

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