What do I need to check when I get the error "yppasswd: yppasswdd not running on NIS master host" while trying to change the Network Information Service (NIS) user's password using 'yppasswd' command?

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What do I need to check when I get the error "yppasswd: yppasswdd not running on NIS master host" while trying to change the Network Information Service (NIS) user's password using 'yppasswd' command?

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All Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions

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