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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