Problems with NIS server and some clients

[Carles Viaplana]

Hello,

I have a NIS server with HP-UX 10.20 and some clients with HP-UX 11.00 don't work fine.

Could diferent HP-UX versions cause NIS doesn't work fine on clients with SO newer than master SO?

Thanks!

Carles

[A. Clay Stephenson]

I have used 10.20 NIS servers with 11.x clients and it worked well. What does "doesn't work fine" actually mean? What does ypwhich return? Does ypcat passwd work?

[generic_1]

NIS is just a difficult animal in its own, but these two should be able to work together. Make sure your patching is up to date on the two.

[Carles Viaplana]

Hi all,

I executed ypwhich command and NIS server for HP-UX 11.00 is itself.

I tried to change NIS configuration on SAM but I can't. Do you know how I can change NIS server on a client without using SAM?

Thanks!

Carles

PS: Sorry if I can't give you too much data, but I've just started to take care on these systems and they're not quite well.

[Alan Meyer_4]

ypset nodename

where nodename is the desired NIS server

[Juan M Leon]

Check the file /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs you will find all the settings for your nis.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Probably the easist thing to do is edit /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs and make sure on the 11.0 client that these values are set:

NIS_MASTER_SERVER=0
NIS_SLAVE_SERVER=0
NIS_CLIENT=1
NIS_DOMAIN=yourdomainname
MAX_NISCHECKS=2

This does assume that your NIS server and this client are in the same subnet.

After making these changes, reboot.

[Alan Meyer_4]

Clay, would you have to reboot??? or could you just stop and start /sbin/init.d/nis.client?

[Kevin Wright]

what are you trying to change? Is the client bound to the server?

add the master and slaves ip to /etc/hosts, run domainname , then run ypinit -c.

Ypwhich should show you are bound to your master.

[D Block 2]

Charles,
can you detail describe what exactly is the issue with the clients? Are the client's IP addresses, hostnames, etc properly registered. Does the /usr file system get mounted ?

[Carles Viaplana]

Hi all,

Thanks for your messages. As soon as I can I'll update NIS server un 11.00 system.

Regards,

Carles

[Carles Viaplana]

NIS services restarted and all works fine now