NIS problem..

[srinu_1]

Hi all,

Good morning.

In one of my hp workstation(c8000), i am getting following nis error.


btc6h007#./sbin/init.d/nis.client stop
stopping ypbind
stopping keyserv
btc6h007#./sbin/init.d/nis.client start
starting NIS CLIENT networking
starting up the rpcbind
rpcbind already started, using pid: 968
domainname blr
starting up the Network Information Service
starting up the ypbind daemon
ypbind will not use the server list available in the file /var/yp/binding//ypservers for binding purpose. Also if ypbind is invoked with -broadcast option, then -broadcast option is ignored.
/usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypbind -ypset
calling ypset with 161.85.20.25
Checking NIS binding.
Bound to NIS server using domain blr.
starting up the keyserv daemon
/usr/sbin/keyserv
btc6h007#ps -ef |grep ypbind
root 3305 2818 1 10:24:23 pts/ta 0:00 grep ypbind
root 3291 1 0 10:23:47 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypbind -ypset


Thanks in advance..

Regards,
srinu.

[Dave Olker]

Hi Srinu,

What exact error are you referring to? I don't see any error here. I see that you're forcing the NIS client to bind to a specific server because you're starting ypbind with the -ypset option and giving it an IP address of one specific server to bind to.

The messages I see in your output are informational only, saying the list of server in the ypservers file will be ignored because you're using the ypset option.

It sounds to me like someone went to the trouble of creating a prioritized list of NIS servers by running the "ypinit -c" command and specifying the NIS servers to bind to, but you're ignoring that list of servers and telling this NIS client to only bind to 161.85.20.25.

Again, I don't see this as an error but more as informational. If you don't want to see these messages, and you want to use the list of servers in the ypservers file then you can modify your /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs file and remove the "ypset" option from the YPBIND_OPTIONS variable and unset the YPSET_ADDR variable. That should allow the client to once again use the server list in the ypservers file.

If I'm misunderstanding your question please clarify exactly which message you're concerned about.

Regards,

Dave

[BONNAFOUS Jean Marc]

Hi,
No error in your logs.
See http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1052546&admit=-682735245+1156506597029+28353475

for ypbind with ypset options

Rgds
JMB