Hi, Try to touch the nsswitch.conf file under /etc, there is a line mention the order for changing the password as well as the shadow and the authentication: password: file nis shadow: file nis group: file nis I am not sure about it, but you can try. Regards --Adel On Wednesday 09 November 2005 06:04, anindya banerjee wrote: > Dear Dave Martini , > > > > If user change his password typing command > passwd. if it's not taken > > then you have to see the permision of passwd file. It's location > /usr/bin/passwd -r-s--x--x > > you have see the sgid bit set or not. I told this permision is redhat-9. I > use the RHELAS 3 and > > 4 but I could 't remember the permision of passwd file. Try it I hope you > will be overcome this problem. > > > > > regards > > > Anindya Banerjee > > > Dave Martini <martini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I would like a user to change his password on his local RHEL 3 account > but when typing > > passwd > > it is going to NIS since this machine is a NIS client. > > In Solaris there is a command > > passwd -r files > > which means to update the local files but I don't see that option in > redhat. > > How do I change the local account password for a user. > > Thank You. > Dave Martini > LLNL > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. -- Adel Ben Zarrouk Opennet MEA FZ LLC Tel: +971 4 390 1943 Fax: +971 4 390 4767 http://www.opennet.ae/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
