whimper NIS kerfluffle

Fri Jul 23 19:33:06 PDT 2004

<quote who="Mark C. Langston">
> To add insult to injury, if I start things up using
> /usr/lib/netsvc/ypbind -ypsetme, then follow this with a
> /usr/sbin/ypset
> <name_of_master>, NIS starts just fine on this misbegotten doorstop.
> ypwhich gives the correct info.  ypcat <mapname> works, for any value
> of mapname the server may contain.  In short, NIS works.
>
> Interestingly, starting ypbind -broadcast sometimes works, sometimes
> won't, depending on which slave answers the broadcast first.  They'll
> all allow this cheese grater's ypwhich to report the master it's bound
> to, but sometimes ypcat <mapname> will fail with an RPC error.

This sounds like a possible netmask issue on the network interface.
Make sure the interface is configured correctly. (ip, netmask, broadcast)

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