Public bug reported: Note this is rpc.yppasswdd and not yppasswd (The first hit in "Ask Ubuntu" gets confused.)
As root on the nis master: # yppasswd noone Changing NIS account information for noone on server.nospam.com. Please enter root password: Changing NIS password for noone on server.nospam.com. Please enter new password: Please retype new password: RPC: Unable to receive The NIS password has not been changed on server.nospam.com. apport.log:ERROR: apport (pid 913) Thu Sep 29 14:37:56 2016: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_sbin_rpc.yppasswdd.0.crash kern.log:Sep 29 14:37:55 eagle kernel: [186749.744995] rpc.yppasswdd[1986]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fe0e49feb5a sp 00007ffc14ffd8f8 error 4 in libc-2.23.so[7fe0e4960000+1c0000] ProblemType: Crash Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Sep 29 14:37:56 2016 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/rpc.yppasswdd ExecutableTimestamp: 1449064880 ProcCmdline: /usr/sbin/rpc.yppasswdd -D /var/yp/etc -e chsh Signal: 11 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-38-generic x86_64 nis/xenial,now 3.17-34ubuntu3 amd64 [installed] clients and daemons for the Network Information Service (NIS) ** Affects: nis (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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