NIS

[Randy_9]

I am getting lots of repeat errors in the syslog.log file about the "bg" option in the NIS map (from a AIX NIS Master.

ERROR:
Jun 12 08:10:05 boson automount[625]: WARNING: "bg" ignored for u9 in auto.net
Jun 12 08:40:05 boson automount[625]: WARNING: "bg" ignored for u9 in auto.net

THE MAP ENTRY:
# ypcat auto.net | grep /u9
-rw,rsize=4096,wsize=4096,bg,intr maverick:/u9

Any ideas? The HP system with the errors is
running 10.20.

Thanks,

Randy

[Helen French · Accepted solution]

The 'bg' (background) option is for trying to mount the file system in the background, if the first mount attempt fails.

I think, applying this patch may solve your issue: PHCO_20061 (s700_800 10.20 mount(1M) cumulative patch).

If you don't want that option, you can remove it too.

[Randy_9]

Shiju,

My mistake, the system getting the error is
version 11.00, would you happen to know the
patch needed for this version?.

Thanks,

Randy

[Helen French]

Randy,

The patch description for 10.20, has a fix for the 'bg' problem, that's why I 've ponited that solution. I 've checked the 11.00 patch (PHCO_24635), but this doesn't have any direct solution for the 'bg' issue. That might have got solved with the release itself.

I will check it and inform you if anything found useful.