Use the Unix man yppasswd command. Would it be possible for the local machine password to be different from the central NIS server version? Why are words such as ‘biscuit’, ‘caterpillar’ and...

Use the Unix man yppasswd command. Would it be possible for the local machine password to be different from the central NIS server version? Why are words such as ‘biscuit’, ‘caterpillar’ and ‘splendid’ not good passwords?