yppasswd: can't see server
Kind of odd.
yesterday i setup a NIS/NFS server on Solaris7 x86 (inside vmware ontop
of debian). To test it i setup a Linux mandrake 7.1 distro since it has
built in NIS during the install(again on top of another machine in
vmware ontop of debian) it works fine.
i have a debian 2.2r0 based laptop. apt-get'd the nis package and
configured NIS. i can login fine via NIS, i can mount the NFS exports,
but i cant run yppasswd it says rpc.yppasswdd is not running on the
server. the mandrake machine can run yppasswd just fine. so can the
solaris machine and yppasswdd *IS* running on the solaris box:
[Solaris v7 x86]
starbase% ps -ef | grep rpc
aphro 1887 1882 0 04:42:56 pts/2 0:00 grep rpc
root 866 864 0 13:33:01 ? 0:00 rpc.nisd_resolv -F -C 9
-p 1073741824 -t udp
root 852 1 0 13:32:59 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/rpcbind
root 881 1 0 13:33:06 ? 0:00
/usr/lib/netsvc/yp/rpc.ypupdated
root 879 1 0 13:33:06 ? 0:00
/usr/lib/netsvc/yp/rpc.yppasswdd -m
[Linux Mandrake 7.1]
sh-2.04$ yppasswd
Changing NIS account information for jamal on starbase.
Please enter old password:
Changing NIS password for jamal on starbase.
Please enter new password:
The password must have both upper and lowercase letters, or non-letters.
Please enter new password:
The password must have both upper and lowercase letters, or non-letters.
Please enter new password:
Please retype new password:
The NIS password has been changed on starbase.
[Debian 2.2r0]
jamal@fury:~$ yppasswd
yppasswd: yppasswdd not running on NIS master host
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since it works in mandrake and in solaris i imagine this would be more a
debian issue. i looked at the docs and didn't see much on this issue.
any ideas? my next idea would be to compare the configs of the mandrake
and debian boxen. again, i can LOGIN fine using NIS on the debian box,
and mount the home directories and stuff _no problem_ but i can't use
any of the yp* commands yppasswd ypchfn etc.
TIA
nate
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