[lug] Red Hat 6.1 NIS fails

[George Sexton]

did you run make in the /var/yp directory?

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> From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
> Behalf Of B O'Fallon
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 8:17 PM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: [lug] Red Hat 6.1 NIS fails
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> Hello,
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> This message has been posted to both CLUE and BLUG (in frantic hopes
> that someone can help with it <g>).
> 
> I have been unsuccessfully trying to get NIS running under Red Hat 6.1.
> 
> The ypserv 1.3.9-1 patch has been applied.
> 
> It seems to load: I get messages during startup that it has bound to the
> NIS domain and it selects the name for the NIS server during startup and
> I don't see any errors in the message logs. The various yp deamons are
> listed under "ps ax" along with the portmap and inetd, with portmap
> loading first. Issuing the command "rpcinfo -u localhost ypserv" reveals
> that it is loaded and available.
> 
> But when I issue a "ypcat passwd" command, nothing happens other than
> the screen shows a new prompt line. This occurs both on the server and
> the client on another computer.
> 
> If someone thinks that they can help with this, please let me know what
> files you'll need or contact me off list and I'll send a phone number.
> 
> Thanx.
> 
> BOF
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