Re: [ILUG] yppasswd error ...

From: Mike Knell (mike.knell at domain cs.tcd.ie)
Date: Mon 07 Feb 2000 - 10:50:20 GMT

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> When I run, "yppasswd", to change my user password on a NIS controlled
> network, running Solaris (I know this is a Linux list, but also the best
> place for answers!), I get the following error

Is the machine you're trying to change the password on running Solaris
too? You may be trying to be too clever - just try "passwd". RTFM for
gruesome details of how it updates multiple repositories.

m.

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