Re: [ilugd] problem

2005-09-18 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2005-09-19 11:32:30 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It looks like a lot of people have had the same problem. A quick look > didn't turn up a definite solution But try using yppasswd instead of passwd to change the password. cf. http://eeek.borgchat.net/lists/pam/msg03584.html In general, a

Re: [ilugd] problem

2005-09-18 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2005-09-18 22:05:28 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > RPC: Can't encode arguments > The password has not been changed on "Server Name" > passwd: Authentication token manipulation error > > what could be the problem how can i solve this I asked Google about 'Red Hat "RPC: Can't encode argu

Re: [ilugd] problem

2005-09-18 Thread abhay
Also tell us the PAM version you are using and whether the user is managed on a NIS server. vandana ahluwalia wrote: > > Can anybody help me in solving this problem. I am using Red Hat 8.0 . I am > not able to change passwd as root of a user. it gives me the following error. > RPC: Can't encod

Re: [ilugd] problem

2005-09-18 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi, List files /etc/passwd* and /etc/group* there should not be any file like passwd*.lock or /etc/group.lock . If found delete them, and try the change passwd for the user. Regards Subhasis On 9/19/05, vandana ahluwalia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can anybody help me in solving this p

[ilugd] problem

2005-09-18 Thread vandana ahluwalia
Can anybody help me in solving this problem. I am using Red Hat 8.0 . I am not able to change passwd as root of a user. it gives me the following error. RPC: Can't encode arguments The password has not been changed on "Server Name" passwd: Authentication token manipulation error what cou

[ilugd] kernel code management

2005-09-18 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
Hi. At 2005-09-18 08:41:31 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I would like to understand how linux maintains its repository with the > support for multiple platforms and contributions coming from all over > the world. The simple answer is that Linus works really hard (as do the subsystem maintai

[ilugd] Fwd: ILUG-D: Contact Us

2005-09-18 Thread Nishikant Kapoor
-- Forwarded Message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message from Jhilmil Kochar: Hi, I would like to understand how linux maintains its repository with the support for multiple platforms and contributions coming from all over the world. How is the codebase managed and releases mad

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu CD from Freedel

2005-09-18 Thread Gaurav Mishra
It`s not the matter of console-phobic, console is the heart and soul of linux and much easier and faster than any GUI On 9/18/05, vikram ranade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > System-->Administration-->Users and Groups -Show all users and groups. > ;-) for the console-phobic. > > - Vikram >

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu CD from Freedel

2005-09-18 Thread Gaurav Mishra
It`s not the matter of console-phobic, console is the heart and soul and much easier and faster than any GUI On 9/18/05, vikram ranade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > System-->Administration-->Users and Groups -Show all users and groups. > ;-) for the console-phobic. > > - Vikram > -- "Smoo

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu CD from Freedel

2005-09-18 Thread vikram ranade
System-->Administration-->Users and Groups -Show all users and groups. ;-) for the console-phobic. - Vikram On 9/18/05, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sunday, 18 Sep 2005 12:57 pm, saleem ansari wrote: > > In Ubuntu you dont need to go through all that! Just open up a

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu CD from Freedel

2005-09-18 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
On Sunday, 18 Sep 2005 12:57 pm, saleem ansari wrote: > just at the boot screen ( GRUB ) add the word 'single' or 's' or 'S' to the > line > > kernel /boot/vmlin... single > > you would be logged in as a root. then change the password and > continue...!! In Ubuntu you dont need to go through all t

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu CD from Freedel

2005-09-18 Thread saleem ansari
just at the boot screen ( GRUB ) add the word 'single' or 's' or 'S' to the line kernel /boot/vmlin... single you would be logged in as a root. then change the password and continue...!! On 9/17/05, Abhijit Menon-Sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 2005-09-17 23:38:13 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTE