[GLLUG] yppasswd:yppasswdd not running on NIS master host
Justino Madariaga
jmadaria@bournemouth.ac.uk
Wed, 18 Sep 2002 16:14:21 +0100
Paul
I got:
790 ? S 0:04 ypserv
827 ? S 0:00 ypbind
831 ? S 0:00 ypbind
832 ? S 0:00 ypbind
833 ? S 0:00 ypbind
982 ? S 0:00 rpc.yppasswdd on the server
and
793 ? S 0:00 ypbind
794 ? S 0:00 ypbind
795 ? S 0:00 ypbind
797 ? S 0:00 ypbind on the client.
still no luck!!
> -----Original Message----- [Justino Madariaga]
> From: Melson, Paul [SMTP:PMelson@sequoianet.com]
> Sent: 18 September 2002 15:33
> To: Justino Madariaga; linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> Subject: RE: [GLLUG] yppasswd:yppasswdd not running on NIS master
> host
>
> If you run `ps ax | grep yp` as root, what do you see? Is rpc.yppasswd
> running? If not, that's the problem.
>
> Good luck!
>
> PaulM
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justino Madariaga [mailto:jmadaria@bournemouth.ac.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 7:17 AM
> To: 'linux-user@egr.msu.edu'
> Subject: [GLLUG] yppasswd:yppasswdd not running on NIS master host
>
>
> Dear linux-users
> I have the following configuration:
> 1 Red Hat Version 7.2 running on a PII/266 PC
> 2 NIS and NFS (directories exported /home)
>
> I want the users be able to change passwords from any of the nis clients
> connected to
> the NIS Server on a Local Area Network.
>
> Whenever I want to change the user's password using the "yppasswd"
> command
> on a
> client machine I get "yppasswd:yppasswdd not running on NIS master
> host".
> If I run "yppasswd" on the master server, it allows me to change the
> user's
> passwords,
> but then I have to update the NIS maps (make -C /var/yp and changes take
> place) so
> that the users are able to login on the client machines using the new
> password.
> All other command issued from the clients work:ypwhich, ypcat, ypcat
> passwd.byname.
>
> Any clues???
>
> Justino Madariaga
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