Subject: Bug#3804: npasswd-boulder doesn't change NIS passwds

From: Carlos Carvalho <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 96 13:18 EST

Package: npasswd-boulder
Version: 1.2.2-2

I'm using NIS, and I tried to use npasswd-boulder. The manual says it
can change NIS passwords. However what it does is to merge the local
passwd file, which contains only the system accounts, with the NIS one.
It does change the LOCAL password, but the machine no longer uses NIS!!

Carlos

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From: Chris Fearnley <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 20:33:01 -0400 (EDT)

'Carlos Carvalho wrote:'
>It does change the LOCAL password, but the machine no longer uses NIS!!

Can the archive maintainer please move this package into contrib?

I've decided that it's not important enough to warrent my time (I've
already neglected gawk, mawk and slang more than I should).  And there
are several hard problems with the package.  If someone chooses to
take on this package, I'll pass on my thoughts about it's problems (or
you can check other outstanding bugs and read my already published
comments).

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