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From: rossc@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Ross Cartlidge)
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Subject: Re: Bug in rpc.yppasswdd ?
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Date: 5 Jun 91 14:17:00 GMT
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djc@kesa.com (Don Christensen) writes:

>I am having a problem getting rpc.yppasswdd to automatically do a yp make
>whenever an NIS passwd gets changed.  I am using the exact line given in
>the SunOS 4.1.1 System and Network Administration Manual on page 490
>(except I am using /etc/passwd as the master passwd file) as follows:

>    /usr/etc/yp/rpc.yppasswd /etc/passwd -m passwd DIR=/var/yp/kesa


	Take out the DIR=/var/yp/kesa and it'll work fine.
	Go to to /var/yp and type:-

	make passwd DIR=/var/yp/kesa

	and you'll see it fails.

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