passwd update problems

[Maxwell Bottiger]

Hello,
	I have a linux client (soon to be many linux clients) connecting 
to a Sun server through NIS+.  I think I have just about everything 
working except for one curcial part, passwd.  I've been using my password 
that was in the server's /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files for a while 
now, but I'd like to be able to change it.  When I run passwd on my client 
linux machine I get an error like this:

[mpbottig at host65-156 ~]$ passwd
Changing password for user mpbottig.
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error

I never actually get prompted for my password, but my login works and so 
do programs like niscat.

In my nsswitch.conf file I have the lines:
passwd:     files nisplus
shadow:     files nisplus
group:      files nisplus


Well, that's about all I can think to tell everyone right now.  Please let 
me know what you think.

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-Maxwell Bottiger

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This thing is a wolf
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