Back on June 9, 1995, I wrote:
> 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.
At one time this machine was not the NIS Master, so the local
"/etc/passwd" was needed to point to a local home directory. Once the
NIS Master was put on the machine, a separate passwd file was kept in
"/var/yp/src/passwd".
At the moment the NIS Master was installed on this machine,
"/usr/bin/passwd" became "/usr/bin/local.passwd" and
"passwd -> "/usr/bin/yppasswd" was created. I was able to change the
local passwd when I executed the command "/usr/bin/local.passwd".
Thank You for the replies from:
Stam Nicolis <nicolis_at_celfi.phys.univ-tours.fr>
Sid Fagan - Sublimation MAN (NID) <fagan_at_large.fnal.gov>
Chua Koon Teck <koonteck_at_singnet.com.sg>
Spider Boardman <spider_at_Orb.Nashua.NH.US>
Peter Stern <CFSTERN_at_WEIZMANN.WEIZMANN.AC.IL>
Dan Winger __ _ * ) * NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
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Received on Wed Jun 14 1995 - 16:15:45 NZST