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To: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: ypserv not reloading passwd database
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From: Paul Traina <pst@jnx.com>
Date: 19 Nov 1996 14:15:51 -0800
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jmg@nike.efn.org (John-Mark Gurney) writes:

> 
> well... when I change my NIS passwd ypserv does not reload the new
> password until I manually send the HUP signal to ypserv...  this is a
> 960801-SNAP system running the ypserv from current...  thanks for your
> help... and I hope I have provided enough info... ttyl..
> 
> John-Mark
> 
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> 

Sounds like you have an old makefile in /var/yp -- you need to run yp_mkdb
with the -c flag.  Just get the new makefile.yp out of
/usr/src/usr.sbin/ypserv.

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