Not able to change the NIS account password using passwd, but can change it using yppasswd.

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Issue

  • Changing NIS account password on NIS client using passwd gives the below error:
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
  • Able to change the NIS account password successfully using yppasswd.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 7

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