rpc.yppasswdd failed in FreeBSD 5.1

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Jun 13), Lin, Tsung Ching said:
> hello, 
> I setup a NIS Master in FreeBSD 5.1 release, and it works.
> I also startup rpc.yppasswdd.
> When I wnat to change a user's passwd using yppasswd, it failed.
> 
> root# passwd testuser
> Changing NIS password for testuser
> Old Password:
> New Password:
> Retype New Password:
> passwd: pam_chauthtok(): error in service module
> Jun 13 22:22:24 abcb passwd: in pam_sm_chauthtok(): yppasswd_local(): failed to connect to rpc.yppasswdd: xxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: RPC: Program not registered

Does it work if you run from another NIS client machine?

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