unix passwd sync and nis

[David Collier-Brown]

Jean-Francois Micouleau wrote:
> 
> Jeremy,
> 
> Changing a user password with NIS require the old clear-text password.

  Sun will be correcting the documentation Real Soon Now (:-))
My 2.6++ machine says

                        Only the owner of the name or the super-
     user may change a password; superuser  on  the  root  master
     will not be prompted for the old password, and does not need
     to follow password construction requirements.

--dave (at sun opcom in tranna)
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