NIS: users can't change passwd

From: Mahendra Vallabh (Mike) <"Mahendra>
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 96 18:38:51 +1200

Hi all,

Some of my users are unable to change their NIS passwd.
They get the following error.

optico:[19]~>yppasswd
Changing NIS password for jgwr
Old NIS password:
New password:
Retype new password:
RPC: Server can't decode arguments

couldn't change passwd
optico:[20]~>

However, other users have no problem changing their passwd.
ALL users appear in /var/yp/src/{passwd,auto.home,netgroup}

I am not using enhanced security either.

Any ideas??

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