When creating a new nis user, we add a line of the form: $NEWNAME:x:$NEWUID:1000:$DESC:/home/$NEWNAME:/bin/bash
note the x. Before updating to ubuntu 16, we would then run yppassswd to change the password. We found a work around: in ubuntu 16, if you replace the x with a password, then (restart rpc.yppasswdd after it crashed) the password change works. (no shadow file in operation) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1629107 Title: rpc.yppasswdd dumps core To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nis/+bug/1629107/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs