Re: unix passwd sync and nis

David Collier-Brown (davecb@Canada.Sun.COM)
Thu, 02 Apr 1998 08:07:51 -0500

Date:	Thu, 02 Apr 1998 08:07:51 -0500
From:	David Collier-Brown <davecb@Canada.Sun.COM>
To:	Jean-Francois.Micouleau@utc.fr
Subject: Re: unix passwd sync and nis

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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