[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#651042: token manipulation error for NIS

[Nicolas François]

Hello,

On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 10:35:59AM +0100, harald.dunkel at aixigo.de wrote:
> 
> If I try to change the password of my account in NIS,
> then I get
> 
> % passwd
> passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
> passwd: password unchanged
> %
> 
> Please note that it didn't even ask for the old
> password. Using yppasswd there is no such problem.
> 
> The NIS Server (Lenny) merges passwd and shadow information.
> MERGE_PASSWD=true

I do not know NIS, but I do not think passwd should be used to change a
password when NIS is in use.

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO/rpasswdd.html

Did passwd work in the past?
Do you know if passwd is intended to work in such case?

Best Regards,
-- 
Nekral