Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 112765
yppasswd problem
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:34 EST
Description of problem: rpc.yppasswdd does not propogate changes Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.8-3 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Create DES passwd file in /usr/local/etc, and set up ypinit -m for it. (Also, set PASSWDFILE in /etc/sysconfig/yppasswdd to be /usr/local/etc/passwd). 2.As root, change a user's password using yppasswd. 3.Message says that NIS password has been changed, but it hasn't for login purposes. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
The /usr/local/etc/passwd file seems to get changed, but the NIS database doesn't. If I cd to /var/yp and make passwd, then the database gets changed, but it doesn't get propogated. It seems I have to reboot (or kill the ypbind and ypserv daemons, then restart them) to propogate the change. As a regular user (instead of root), I get the message: Error while changing the NIS password.
While killing and restarting the ypserv daemon seems to be sufficient to propagate changes made via yppasswd, if the passwd file or the group file are edited manually, then restarting the daemon does not propagate the changes. While manual changes to the passwd file can be propagated by doing any yppasswd change, then restarting the ypserv daemon, I have not yet discovered any way to propagate changes to the group file.
This is stupid hack, but I run a cronjob once an hour to: make -C /var/yp to work arround this problem.
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