> On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 03:13:50AM -0800, Sandeep > Agarwal wrote: > > no # yppasswd sandeep works perfectly but it asks > for > > the root password before changing the passwords, > why > > it should ask for that? > > The NIS server needs to know that the request is a > valid one. If it > just takes your word for it that you are root, that > would be bad. The > reason that root doesn't need to give a passwd when > changing a passwd on > the local machine is that root priviledges cannot, > in theory, be faked > with the local kernel. There is no such assurance > for the kernel on a > remote host, not without some kind of host > authentication, which NIS > does not have. > thanks ed, for the explanation. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
