c60244@ccfiris.aedc (Kenny McDonald) (02/26/91)
I was wondering how to expire a password using YP(NIS). When setting up a new user ,.. can be entered in the passwd field in /etc/passwd to force the user to create a passwd when logging in, but this fails because the user can't type a correct Old yp passwd. I can place a ,. at the end of a user's passwd in order to expire it and force him to enter a new passwd the next time he logs in, but this fails also with the following message: couldn't change passwd Connection closed. My NIS master is a 4D240GTX and for now I have a 4D240GTX client and 4D25 PI client. The above problem occurs on both. Any suggestions are welcomed. Thanks. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv | Kenneth M. McDonald * OAO Corp * Arnold Engineering Development Center | | MS 120 * Arnold AFS, TN 37389-9998 * (615) 454-3413 | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ INTERNET: OO AA OO @aedc-vax.af.mil:c60244@ccfiris.aedc O O A A O O O O AAAA O O LOCAL: O O A A O O c60244@ccfiris OO A A OO ________________ /