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How come yppasswdd does not automatically update the yp maps?

April 26, 2017automatically Maps yp

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How come yppasswdd does not automatically update the yp maps?

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There is a bug in 4.1 rpc.yppasswdd that causes it misinterpret the command line arguments. A work-around is to add the “-nosingle” flag (which is the default), this shifts the arguments over one, so “passwd” is read instead of “-m”. Also, you should use the complete path to rpc.yppasswdd For example: /usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd /var/yp/passwd -nosingle -m passwd DIR=/var/yp If you are running the C2 security package, you should apply the C2 Jumbo patch, as it fixes several problems with rpc.yppasswdd and rpc.pwdauthd. The patch number is 100201-04 for SunOS 4.1 and 4.1.1 100564-05 for SunOS 4.1.2 and 4.1.