Re: Cannot set up a NIS slave server

1997-05-15 Thread Jim Pick
> "YP: can't find the master of (null): Reason: Request arguments bad" I'm getting the same thing here, on my development machine (libc6 2.0.3-3, nis 2.20-1). The script /usr/lib/yp/ypinit calls ypwhich -m to get a list of maps from the master for the domain. $ ypwhich -m YP: can't find the ma

Re: Cannot set up a NIS slave server

1997-05-15 Thread Thomas Gebhardt
Hello, > > It's strange, because the ypinit output says that the domain is not > set. Do you think the message can't yp_bind: Reason: RPC failure Can't enumerate maps from . Please check that it is run. means that the domain is not set? At least the second line indicates that the Linux host

Re: Cannot set up a NIS slave server

1997-05-15 Thread Andrea Dell'Amico
On Thu, 15 May 1997, Thomas Gebhardt wrote: Hello Andrea, > > You have to set the nis domainname first. > Do you mean that I had to set up /etc/defaultdomain and run "/etc/init.d/nis stop" and "/etc/init.d/nis start"? I had done this (as described in /usr/doc/nis/nis.

Re: Cannot set up a NIS slave server

1997-05-15 Thread Thomas Gebhardt
Hello Andrea, > > You have to set the nis domainname first. > Do you mean that I had to set up /etc/defaultdomain and run "/etc/init.d/nis stop" and "/etc/init.d/nis start"? I had done this (as described in /usr/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto). This does not seem to the problem. Cheers, Thomas

Cannot set up a NIS slave server

1997-05-15 Thread Thomas Gebhardt
Hello, I just tried to set up a NIS slave server (Version 2.20-1) in a domain that is mastered by an AIX workstation. The command "ypinit -s " results in the error message can't yp_bind: Reason: RPC failure Can't enumerate maps from . Please check that it is run. The maps are not transfer