Re: Problem changing user passwd as root

From: Neil W Rickert (rickert+nn_at_cs.niu.edu)
Date: 10/25/03 

Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 15:33:22 GMT

Emil Petkov <emil.petkov@usa.net> writes:

>Any attempt to change an user password (Solaris 8 with NIS+) as root on
>the root master server fails:

># passwd <user>
>New password:
>Re-enter new Password:
>Permission denied

>In the system log i get a message of this sort:

><timestamp> <server> passwd[15660]: [ID 865497 user.error] Couldn't
>create a DH key-pair (len = 192, type = 0)

>Users are able to change their passwords.

Try:

        passwd -r nisplus user