> Would you please help me solving the problem I have with the NIS server
> installation?
>
> I am using RedHat 6.2 and the NIS RPMs provided in distro (ypserv-1.3.9-3,
> ypbind-3.3-28 and yp-tools-2.4-1). glibc is glibc-2.1.3-15. The
> /etc/nsswitch.conf is included.
>
> When executing
>
> /usr/lib/yp/ypinit -m
>
> to install the master NIS server, it asks about the hosts and begin
> updating the maps. However, when it comes to newsgroups, it says:
>
> gmake[1]: *** No rule to make target `/etc/netgroup', needed by
> `netgroup'. Stop.
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/var/yp/NISircolours'
> make: *** [target] Error 2
> Error running Makefile.
> Please try it by hand.
>
>
> Then it confirms the host was set up as a master server (?!).
>
> Connecting to the server fails with an error message about "domain not
> bound". Does it means the makefile is corrupt?
>
> Any ideea will be highly appreciated.
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Razvan
Razvan,
>From my *very* limited knowledge of NIS I don't think that the error you are
getting with ypinit is fatal, just one of the services it's making won't be
available.
I got something like that and edited out the maps from the
/var/yp/Makefile that were giving errors.
Mine now reads:
all: passwd shadow group hosts rpc services netid protocols #netgrp mail \
publickey #networks ethers bootparams amd.home \
auto.master auto.home passwd.adjunct
Try "ypcat -x" to see what is available, and "ypcat passwd" to see if the NIS
server is supplying passwds.
rpcinfo -u localhost ypserv
should give something like:
program 100004 version 1 ready and waiting
program 100004 version 2 ready and waiting
Also try "nisdomainname" to set the domain name.
I've only been using NIS for about 3 days now, but read the NIS howto a
couple of times to suss it out.
One more thing - run pwupdate after adding a new user.
Dan.
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