Netgroup map problem in HP-UX NIS master server(11.11 )

[Rejionline]

Hi All ,

What could be the reason if the netgroup maps are not getting updated or not getting reflected for all the entries in the NIS database.

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

being nothing exotic, I would do a common check of the NIS configration of the site:
- gets a new version of a NIS map generated when the base file changes
- check availability of all NIS servers
- check all NIS servers, if updates get promoted
- check /etc/nsswitch.conf files
- check NIS binding

As a starting questions:
- did it ever work
- what was changed recently

mfG Peter

[MarkSyder]

Have you run yppush on the appropriate maps from the server?

What is the output of ypwhich on the clients?

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[Rejionline]

I added a new system to the netgroup and excecuted /var/yp/./ypmake

But it is not getting reflected at the client side.

If I give ypcat netgroup , the output doesn't shows the newly updated system.

Any views or suggestions on this??????

[Steven Schweda]

> I added a new system to the netgroup [...]

How? Where? Whom does "ypwhich -m" say is
the master for that map?

> If I give ypcat netgroup , [...]

Where? On a client, on another NIS (slave)
server, on the master server?

> Have you run yppush [...]?

Good question.

It's often helpful to say exactly what you
did (and what happened when you did it),
instead of giving only vague descriptions.

[MarkSyder]

If it's a new group, ftp it to the slave server(s). Once it's in place, it will be done automatically in future.

Mark

[Rejionline]

Hi Steven,

I had added the new workstation name to an existing group of the netgroup file of NIS configuration(/usr/nis/netgroup) in the foolowing format " (hostname,, )".
and updated the nis configuration by excecuting xxx@var/yp# ./ypmake

I don,t have any NIS slave servers also.

If I excecute ypcat netgroup in any of the clients, it doesn't shows any of the newly added clients

do have any suggestions??????

[Steven Schweda]

> I don,t have any NIS slave servers also.

That's not very good NIS management, is it?
What happens when the master goes down?

> [...] the netgroup file of NIS
> configuration(/usr/nis/netgroup) [...]

I don't actually use NIS on my HP-UX system,
but what's in "/usr/nis", and who cares? On
my system:

dy # uname -a
HP-UX dy B.11.11 U 9000/785 2012616114 unlimited-user license

dy # ls -l /usr/nis
/usr/nis not found

and all the NIS stuff is in /var/yp,
including the Makefile which says that it's
looking for /etc/netgroup, not for
/usr/nis/netgroup, and the ypmake script
(Ooh, that's weird -- you don't just say
"make" in /var/yp?) says that it's looking
for /var/yp/`domainname`/netgroup. (Or am I
missing something obvious?)

> [...] and updated the nis configuration by
> excecuting xxx@var/yp# ./ypmake

So, when you run ypmake, does it do anything?
If you "touch" your netgroup file, and then
re-run ypmake, does it do anything
more/different? (That is, is anyone looking
at the netgroup file where you're making your
changes?)