unix password sync problems!

[Doug Hughes]

>Dan Stromberg wrote:
>> 
>> Has anyone done this sort of password synch'ing with NIS?
>> 
>
>*Can* root change an NIS password remotely without plaintext
>knowledge of the old password ?
>
>Jeremy.

Only on the NIS master can root change a NIS password without knowing
the old password. (At least on SunOS that is true, I'm not sure how 
other OS's implement this)


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