May want to check your NIS server. What do you have in securenets ? How is you /etc/nsswitch.conf set up ?
Hope this helps > i have recently install rh9 on a box in the lab and tried to integrate > it into the nis domain with a master server running rh7.3. > > i have > )set the domainname > )checked that the portmapper was running > )added the master server to /etc/hosts > )modified /etc/yp.conf accordingly to use the server name defined in > hosts > )started ypbind > at this point ypwhich returns- > 'can't yp_bind: Reason: Domain not bound' > so i try 'rpcinfo -p localhost' and get > program vers proto port > 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper > 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper > 100024 1 udp 32768 status > 100024 1 tcp 32768 status > 100007 2 udp 636 ypbind > 100007 1 udp 636 ypbind > 100007 2 tcp 639 ypbind > 100007 1 tcp 639 ypbind > > this looks right, right? next i tried 'service ypbind restart' > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# service ypbind restart > Shutting down NIS services: [ OK ] > Binding to the NIS domain: [ OK ] > Listening for an NIS domain server.................... [FAILED] > > one strange thing is that i can bind to the master in broadcast-mode by > stopping ypbind and then restarting it 'ypbind -broadcast'. ypwhich > returns the proper hostname and ypcat works as well. but- and this is > truly puzzling- i cannot su to any user in the nis maps. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# su user23490 > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Timed out > su: user user23490 does not exist > > also, when i reboot in broadcast mode, system performance grinds to a > halt and i still cannot login as any nis defined user. i am very > confused. have i missed something crucial? please help me stop > banging my head on the counter... many tia. > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
