[KLUG Members] changed password on server, now can't login

[Bruce Smith]

> > > You probably made an MD5 password,  
> > 
> > Yes, it appears that way.
> 
> How can I tell? Are MD5 passwords longer?

Yes, much longer.  Regular crypt passwords are 13 characters long,
including the salt.  MD5 passwords are 28 characters long (I think),
plus they start with "$2a$" (or something with the dollar signs).

> > > you need to somehow set the password
> > > module to make a crypt password.  See the PAM documentation.
> > 
> > It's possible that NIS won't transfer the entire MD5 password, I've run
> > into similar problems on really old NIS servers.
> 
> I don't believe the NIS server is the issue since the new Suse clients
> can get the password fine. The clients being picky are Rh9

Then stick to the older crypt style passwords.

> > How did you change the password on the SuSE 9.2 box?  Standard "passwd"
> > program?  If so, did you try changing it with "yppasswd" to see if that
> > creates a standard password hash.
> 
> I used the passwd command and then did a /var/yp/ make

Try yppasswd and see if it makes the older password crypts.

 - BS