On Nov 29, Brook Milligan wrote
> I'm trying to set up YP to maintain a common password database for
> several machines.  I am running ypserv/ypbind/rpc.yppasswdd on my
> master server and ypbind on another machine.  I can run passwd on the
> non-master machine to change the password on the master.  However, the
> change does not propagate to the non-master machine (that is, I still
> have to log into the non-master machine using the original password).
> I have an entry like the following in my master.passwd on the
> non-master machine:
> 
> 	+:::::::::
> 

You don't have an entry in the local passwd file for your account before
this line, rigth ? If so, it will take the local entry first.

Change are propagated by running 'make' in /var/yp on the server.
Maybe there has been an error here ? What does a 'cd /var/yp; make' (as
root on the server) do ?

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