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Danny Crisp
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‎11-09-2006 01:52 AM

‎11-09-2006 01:52 AM

NIS Client

Should I include the IP and hostname of the master and replica servers in the /etc/hosts file on NIS clients?
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Kevin Wright
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‎11-09-2006 01:54 AM

‎11-09-2006 01:54 AM

Re: NIS Client

yes.. before running ypinit -c.
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Steven E. Protter
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‎11-09-2006 01:54 AM

‎11-09-2006 01:54 AM

Re: NIS Client

Shalom Danny,

If you use /etc/hosts for name resolution, see /etc/nsswtich.conf you should have a consistent /etc/hosts database on all nis clients.


ipaddress hostname

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V. Nyga
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‎11-09-2006 02:31 AM

‎11-09-2006 02:31 AM

Re: NIS Client

Hi,

sorry, but I don't understand the previous answers - my NIS clients are configured with the NIS domain name. In the clients /etc/hosts there's only the client IP and hostname and a '+' at the end.

And NIS is working properly ...
Volkmar
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