unix passwd sync and nis

[Jean-Francois Micouleau]

Jeremy,

Changing a user password with NIS require the old clear-text password.


extract from man yppasswd of Solaris 2.5


     yppasswd prompts for the old NIS password, and then for  the
     new  one.   You  must type in the old password correctly for
     the change to take effect.  The new password must  be  typed
     twice, to forestall mistakes.

     New passwords must be at least four characters long, if they
     use  a  sufficiently rich alphabet, and at least six charac-
     ters long if monocase.  These rules are relaxed if  you  are
     insistent  enough.  Only the owner of the name or the super-
     user may change a password; in either case  you  must  prove
     you know the old password.


	Jean Francois

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