I login as root and want to change the password:

# passwd
passwd: can't get local yp domain: Local domain name not set

Linux version is 2.4.7-10smp.

What Distribution you are using??

Try to set the local domain name first, in FC it located in /etc/sysconfig/networks
and try restart the network

Thanks

edit /etc/nsswitch.conf to reflect
user file nis ( If it is user nis file)
then
pass file nis

and relogin
that should fix it

Regards
Manjunath

I do not see any problem with my /etc/nsswitch.conf.
cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# An example Name Service Switch config file. This file should be
# sorted with the most-used services at the beginning.
#
# The entry '[NOTFOUND=return]' means that the search for an
# entry should stop if the search in the previous entry turned
# up nothing. Note that if the search failed due to some other reason
# (like no NIS server responding) then the search continues with the
# next entry.
#
# Legal entries are:
#
# nisplus or nis+ Use NIS+ (NIS version 3)
# nis or yp Use NIS (NIS version 2), also called YP
# dns Use DNS (Domain Name Service)
# files Use the local files
# db Use the local database (.db) files
# compat Use NIS on compat mode
# hesiod Use Hesiod for user lookups
# [NOTFOUND=return] Stop searching if not found so far
#

# To use db, put the "db" in front of "files" for entries you want to be
# looked up first in the databases
#
# Example:
#passwd: db files nisplus nis
#shadow: db files nisplus nis
#group: db files nisplus nis

passwd: files nis
shadow: files nis
group: files nis

#hosts: db files nisplus nis dns
hosts: files dns

# Example - obey only what nisplus tells us...
#services: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
#networks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
#protocols: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
#rpc: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
#ethers: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
#netmasks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files

bootparams: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files

ethers: files
netmasks: files
networks: files
protocols: files nis
rpc: files
services: files nis

netgroup: files nis

publickey: nis

automount: files nis
aliases: files nis

Setting the local domain name first, rebooting the machine still does not work.
Please help.

$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=powah
GATEWAY=172.20.11.10
DOMAINNAME="mydomain.com"