Problems with yppasswd

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 7.1
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Symptom:

You have configured your machine as NIS server but everytime the service yppasswdd is started you get the output: failed.

Cause:

A bug has crept into the start script for this service.

Solution:

Edit the file /etc/init.d/yppasswdd and change the line
YPPASSWDD_BIN=/usr/sbin/YPPASSWDD
to
YPPASSWDD_BIN=/usr/sbin/rpc.yppasswdd

Keywords: YP, YPPASSWD, YPPASSWDD, NIS, PASSWORD

Categories: Network

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