Thanks for the reply. I think that I am very close. Here is what I have done so far. 1. Added the NIS master and slave servers to /etc/hosts. 2. Ran the domainname command. 3. Copied /etc/nsswitch.nis to /etc/nsswitch.conf 4. Edited /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs as suggested. 5. Ran /sbin/init.d/nis.client start.
The nis.client script started ypbind and keyserv but could not bind to the local domain. I also found that the system would no longer resolve hostnames and nsslookups failed. I stopped nis.client and was able to resolve hosts again. Is there somplace that I need to add the NIS servers or am I missing something else. I am planning on using only the password and group databases within NIS.
If your system is not on the same subnet then you will have to force a ypbind address for the domain.
Set the YPBIND_OPTIONS="" in /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs file to YPBIND_OPTIONS="-ypset".
Then set the YPSET_ADDR="" in /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs file to YPSET_ADDR="ip.of.server".
Simple things like the broadcast being different will cause failures to bind, as the ypbind process uses the broadcast address to find a NIS server. The broadcast address is defined by the netmask in the IF configuration. /etc/rc.config.d/netconf will get you started. WARNING: You should make backup copies of these files in case you oops ;)
