passwd command hangs for local users when RHEL system is configured as NIS client
Issue
- Failed to change user password
passwd
command hangs when trying to change a user password
[root@example]# passwd testuser
Changing password for user testuser. <-- Hangs
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- NIS
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