Turning off NIS YPbind on HP-UX 11.31 (rx2660)

[JeremyNguyen]

I have a HPRX-2660 running HP-UX 11 and while trying to boot it gets stuck at this part -

 Start NFS client subsystem .................................. OK

05.08 12:19:34  hprx2660  pid=1165   /usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypbind
     NIS: server not responding for domain "DOMAIN" still trying

Is there a way to turn off NIS/ypbind through maybe the BIOS in order for the system to boot into the system properly? Once the system is booted into HP-UX, I can make the changes to the NIS setting.

Thanks!

Jeremy

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[Patrick Wallek]

In the /etc/rc.config.d directory there is a file called 'namesvrs'.

That file controls YP / NIS, among other things.

To turn off YP / NIS, make sure the following lines are set:

NIS_MASTER_SERVER=0
NIS_SLAVE_SERVER=0
NIS_CLIENT=0
NIS_DOMAIN=

Now YP / NIS should not start.

[JeremyNguyen]

Hello Patrick,

Is there a way to edit that file through EFI Boot Manager settings?

Jeremy

[Patrick Wallek]

No, there is not.

However, you can boot the server into single-user mode, mount all VG00 file systems and then edit that file.  Once done, reboot and come up normally.

[Dennis Handly]

Can't you hit control shift "[" a break (or control-\ or something like that) to get it to skip that step?

[JeremyNguyen]

CTRL + \ did skip the NIS line and the system booted into the OS. Thank you everyone for your help!

Jeremy

[Dennis Handly]

>Thank you everyone for your help!

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