SUMMARY: NIS+ changing forgotten password

From: Tom Erickson (Thomas.M.Erickson.1@gsfc.nasa.gov)
Date: Wed Dec 03 1997 - 17:12:16 CST

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Hello all and many thanks for the responses.

My initial query:

>I'm running in an NIS+ envrionment (compatability mode) and have
>users that occassionally forget their passwords. I have been
>recredentialing the users each time I set a new password for
>them. Seems like a pain in the rump.
>
>Can anyone recommend a procedure for changing forgotten user
>passwords in the NIS+ environment? I will gladly summarize to
>the list.

The procedure that works and is easiest is (Chris and Rick):

nispasswd USER
newkey -u USER -s nisplus
nisping org_dir (only needed if you have replica servers)

thanks to: Chris Lotz
                Rick Reineman
                Eustace Fernandes
                Mariel Feder
                Karl E. Vogel

NASA Goddard Space Flt. Ctr. - RMS Information Systems, Inc.
Data Systems & Technology Division - System Administrator
Thomas.M.Erickson.1@gsfc.nasa.gov
301.286 1439 ('ma-bell)
301.286 1768 (fax)

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