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] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ yppasswd yppasswd: yppasswdd not running on NIS master host --- 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 -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]