Quoth nate at cse.psu.edu on Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 11:29:56AM -0800: > I just spent a week trying to figure out what's going on here as I was > having the same problem with nis/client. The culprit is > /lib/svc/method/sysidtool-system (svc:/system/sysidtool:system), lines > 31-40: > > # > # If we are run during a reconfigure boot, apply the ns_none > # name service profile to clear name services. > # > if [ -x /usr/sbin/svccfg ] ; then > if [ -f /var/svc/profile/ns_none.xml ] ; then > /usr/sbin/svccfg apply /var/svc/profile/ns_none.xml \ > >/dev/null 2>&1 > fi > fi > > This essentially disables nis/client, regardless of whether or not you > enable it in site.xml, since sysidtool-system runs after > manifest-import. I am not sure whether to consider this a bug or not, > but it should at least be documented somewhere.
Indeed, because of this, name_service in your sysidcfg file takes precedence over site.xml. Do you have it set to NIS in your sysidcfg file? David
