NIS ypbind question

[Alex Lavrov.]

Hello,

I set the slave server to bind with "-ypsetme" options. That means, that it should bind only to itself.

After I start nis client, I do:
ypwhich

And ofcourse I expect that it will bind to itself, but for some reason it's binds always to another slave and totaly ignores "-ypsetme" option.

I restarted it 20 times, nothing help.

Any ideas?

Thanx.

[Alessandro Pilati · Accepted solution]

Alex,
try to follow this procedure:

1)Log in as root to the slave server.

2)In the /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs file, add -ypset to the YPBIND_OPTIONS variable as follows:

YPBIND_OPTIONS="-ypsetme"

3)Issue the following commands to restart ypbind (the NIS client process) on the slave server:

/sbin/init.d/nis.client stop
/sbin/init.d/nis.client start


4)Issue the following command to force the NIS client process on the slave server to bind to the server process on the same host:

/usr/sbin/ypset slave_server_name


5)Issue the following command to check whether the NIS slave server is working:

/usr/bin/ypwhich

The ypwhich command should return the host name of the slave server.


The ypsetme option allows you only to run ypset from the current host, but doesn't set itself the NIS server you want to connect to.
The server must specified with the ypset.

Regards,
Alex

[Alex Lavrov.]

OK, thanx, I'll try it tomorrow.

Alex.

[Alex Lavrov.]

Thanx, it seems that I didn't read the man explanation close enough.

Alex.