Can't Set Domain

[Jon Tattershall]

Hi all -

I'm trying to use NIS as a hostname resolver (client). However, the NIS client won't startup due to this error:

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domainname xxx
setdomainname: Function is not available
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I can see the domain xxx when I type "ypcat -d xxx", I just can't set the dommainname.

Any ideas?

[William E. Sisson, Jr.]

Jon,
Sounds like you may have some sort of library problem. Does /usr/lib/libpicc.a exist ? If not then domainname can't find the setdomainname() function.

[janders]

Hi,
These errors are from the /etc/rc.log or syslog?? Also, I assume that ypwhich states that the NIS domain name hasn't been set and also the domainname command doesnt return anything nor does it work from the command line to set the domain name and you have the proper domain name set in /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs. Also another weird thing to check is that the nfs kernel driver is configured.

Hope that gives you some ideas,
Jason

[Jon Tattershall]

Yes, libpicc.a is there in /usr/lib, and it contains the setdomainname object. I also verified that /usr/lib was in my path and that the library has correct permissions.