Why do I always get an "authentication failure" error and can not login on my Solaris NIS client authenticating to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux NIS server?

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Issue

Why do I always get an "authentication failure" error and can not login on my Solaris NIS client configured to authenticate to a NIS server running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux NIS server?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) NIS server
  • Solaris NIS client

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