SUMMARY: passwd options

Clemens Schmuck (clemens@wst.edvz.sbg.ac.at)
Fri, 21 Mar 1997 11:05:13 +0100 (MET)

hello!
here's my original question:
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i'm running soms sparc stations and ultras (all solaris 2.5.1) and nis/yp
naming service.
solaris comes with a passwd command that allows to change nis/yp
passwords but beside that it also allows every user to change his login
shell and his gecos field.

my problem is that i do want users only to change their passwords not
anything else. i couldn't find out how to restrict the passwd command.
has anybody got an idea?
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the answer was very simple i just had to change the options for
rpc.yppasswdd
* kill yppasswdd
* then something like this
rpc.yppasswdd -D /var/yp/src -nogecos -noshell -m && echo '
rpc.yppasswdd\c'
* remember to edit the startup skripts too

Try: man rpc.yppasswdd to get more informations

thanks to
Torsten Metzner <tom@plato.uni-paderborn.de>

clemens

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