Figured it out. I had to use the 'nispopulate -F services' command after
I put the amanda[tab]10080/udp line in the file (which was in
/etc/nis+/files, not /etc/). Turns out that even the server running it
must have it 'populated' although it's sitting on the same box as the
config file. (at least that's the conculsion I came to)
Just thought I'd share in case anyone else ever has this problem. :)
Thanks JRJ for the help,
Chris
On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, a blob of green gelatin wrote:
> Wow, just when I thought the world was my oyster (AMANDA-ly speaking), I
> hit a roadblock that I can't stumble past.
>
> I have a tapeserver I'll call 'basecamp' with AMANDA up and ready to
> serve. I have a NIS+ server which needs to be backed up (which I'll call
> 'xena'). Through much trial and error I've noticed that if I put 'files'
> first in my /etc/nsswitch.conf file for the line 'services' then I *can*
> run amcheck fine. If I put 'nisplus' first (with the [NOTFOUND=return]
> bit after it) and *then* files the self-check times out.
>
> Since I have to keep nisplus first in the nsswitch.conf file for the
> service line, I've been looking at incorporating into the NIS+ services
> listing. I find on my box there is a file in /etc/nis+/files/ called
> services, so I insert the amanda[tab]10080/udp line and restart things
> (the service, then the whole box) and keep getting the:
>
> amanda/udp: unknown service
>
> error messsage in /var/adm/messsages
>
> Now I've seen a lot of 'amanda/udp: unknown service' messages in the
> archive, but all of them were without NIS+ being involved.
>
> I can't find a reason why NIS+ (on the NIS+ server) isn't accepting this
> new service. I've checked for tabs/whitespace in the file, but it just
> ain't taking. Also since it's the master NIS+ server I haven't done a
> nispopulate (since I presumably don't need to populate the server that's
> dictating the service).
>
> This request for help is more NIS than AMANDA, but it's AMANDA I'm trying
> to get goin' here. :)
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Cheers!
>
> Chris
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