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Re: yppasswd problem - Error while changing the NIS password

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.networking
Subject Re: yppasswd problem - Error while changing the NIS password
Date 2021-02-15 22:01 +0100
Message-ID <624rfh-kbd.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
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On 15/02/2021 17.52, Mateusz Bieniek wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 7:30:39 PM UTC, davidrami...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:46:00 PM UTC-5, santiag...@gmail.com wrote: 
>>> On Friday, February 8, 2002 3:35:07 PM UTC-3, Jeffery Smith wrote: 
>>>
>>>> I know others have had this problem, but I can't find a solution 
>>>
>>>> anywhere. When I try to change my password using 'yppassd' I get the 
>>>
>>>> following error: 

...

> I've had the same issue just now and we fond that our new NIS server
> did not have correctly configured YPPWDDIR in the /etc/default/nis and
> was not pointing at our passwd file. For that reason it was silently
> failing. 

Mateusz,

haven't you noticed that you are replying to a thread from 2013?


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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Re: yppasswd problem - Error while changing the NIS password santiago.raffa@gmail.com - 2013-05-16 14:46 -0700
  Re: yppasswd problem - Error while changing the NIS password davidramirezmolina@gmail.com - 2013-12-11 11:30 -0800
    Re: yppasswd problem - Error while changing the NIS password Mateusz Bieniek <bieniekmat@gmail.com> - 2021-02-15 08:52 -0800
      Re: yppasswd problem - Error while changing the NIS password "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-02-15 22:01 +0100
      Re: yppasswd problem - Error while changing the NIS password Johann Beretta <beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com> - 2021-02-24 17:57 -0800
        Re: yppasswd problem - Error while changing the NIS password Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2021-02-25 03:32 +0100

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