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Old 05-06-2010
NIS

Hi All,

I have configured NIS server in linux rhel5 and made one client member to that server.

nfs share created for users home directory

i have created one nis user, user not able to change the passwd of his login.

getting below mentioned error

" yppasswdd not running on NIS master host "

Need your guidance Smilie

Regards,
Vinay.K.S
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Old 06-09-2010
The yppasswdd daemon must run on both the client and server for password changes to work correctly. Check to see if yppasswdd is in fact running on the client.

HTH.
Nitin Smilie
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