Starting the yppasswdd daemon

To start the yppasswdd daemon, perform the following procedure:

1. Log in as the NIS administrator on the master NIS server.

2. Edit the file /etc/inet/nis.conf, and set the value of startyppass to 1.

3. If you are using /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow as templates for your NIS password maps, skip the following step and continue with Step 5.

4. If you are using files other than /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow as templates for your NIS password maps, comment out the following lines in /etc/init.d/nis:

   if [ $ismaster = 1 -a $startyppass = 1 ]; then
   	touch /var/yp/yppasswdd.log
   	/usr/lib/netsvc/yp/rpc.yppasswdd /etc/passwd /etc/shadow \
   		> /dev/console 2>&1
   fi
   

   If, for example, you are using /var/yp/passwd and /var/yp/shadow as templates, replace the commented-out lines with:

   if [ -f /usr/lib/netsvc/yp/rpc.yppasswdd /var/yp/passwd /var/yp/shadow \
   		/var/yp/domainname ]; then
   	/usr/lib/netsvc/yp/rpc.yppasswdd /var/yp/passwd /var/yp/shadow \
   		-m passwd DIR=/var/yp
   fi
   

   where domainname is the name of your NIS domain directory.

   Note that when the -m option is given, a ypbuild is forced in /var/yp immediately following a modification of the file, and the arguments that follow the -m are passed over to ypbuild. If you want to avoid having this ypbuild take place at all times, eliminate it, and control the pushing of the password maps through crontab:

   if [ -f /usr/lib/netsvc/yp/rpc.yppasswdd /var/yp/passwd /var/yp/shadow \
   		/var/yp/domainname ]; then
   	/usr/lib/netsvc/yp/rpc.yppasswdd /var/yp/passwd
   fi
   

5. Enter:
   
   sh /etc/init.d/nis start

   to start the yppasswdd daemon.