technicalinfo

Q: Why does 'ypinit -m' crash with the following error: ...
"Running /var/yp/Makefile..." "make: Fatal error: No arguments to build"
"Error running Makefile." ...
A: /var/yp/Makefile does not exist. Copy it over before rerunning ypinit:
# cp /usr/lib/NIS.Makefile /var/yp/Makefile # cd /var/yp # ypinit -m

Q: Why does 'ypinit -s' crash with the following error, when trying to initialize a slave:
"can't bind for domain " "reason: internal NIS server or client error"
"can't enumerate maps from "
A: Your slave was not running ypbind, or it does not have access to NIS currently.
You can verify this by running 'ypwhich' you will see that you are not currently bound to
a NIS domain. Try following the procedure in Section 3.2 precisely. If that does not work,
you may be on a different subnet than your master, and need to initialize ypbind per the
instructions in Section 3.6. We have also seen the error corrected by specifying the hostname
of the master server instead of the IP address.

Q: Why does 'ypinit -s' crash with the following error, when trying to initialize a slave:
"ypxfr(get_misc_recs) RPC call to failed: RPC: Timed out."
A: ypxfrd is not running on the NIS master server. Login to the master server and start it:
# ypxfrd