NIS

[Brian D. Ropers-Huilman]

On Sat, 2 Aug 2003, Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a cluster running Rh 7.3 with NIS server. The cluster was running
> fine. But suddenly after rebooting now the clients are having problems in
> recognizing the NIS domain server name. while booting the clients it says:
> 
> Binding to the NIS domain: [OK]
> Listening for an NIS domail server............[FAILED]
> 
> ypwhich on clients says 'Can't communicate with ypbind'
> 
> ypbind, ypserv are running fine on the server.
> 
> I will appreciate if anyone can help..
> Thanks.
> Sanjoy

Sanjoy,

You say that ypbind is running fine /on the SERVER/, what about ypbind running 
on the /CLIENT/? ypbind should not run on the server, it runs on the clients.

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