Niels Walet wrote:
> When I use yppasswd I get the error message:
> yppasswd: yppasswdd not running on NIS master host ("localhost").
> Unfortunately, localhost is NOT the NIS master host:
> # ypwhich
> <realhost>
> and
> # rpcinfo -p <realhost> |grep yppasswd
>     100009    1   udp    659  yppasswdd
>
> I can't find any docs for this problem. Of course I can run yppasswd on t
> he
> master host, but it would be so nice to run it locally :-)
> Any suggestions?
> Niels
>
>
>   

Sounds like yppasswdd is not running on the client...
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch30_:_Configuring_NIS
Daemon Errors
The yppasswdd daemon must be running on both the client and server for 
password changes to work correctly. When they aren't running, you'll get 
errors.

[root@smallfry etc]# yppasswd -p nisuser
yppasswd: yppasswdd not running on NIS master host ("bigboy").

You'll also get a similar error if you attempt to change an NIS password 
on an NIS master server in a master and slave configuration.

http://www.google.com/search?q=yppasswdd+not+running+on+NIS+master+host

-HTH Art@JAX