Yup, in /etc/rc.conf nis_client_enable="YES" nisdomainname="sierra" nis_client_flags="-S sierra,earth,mercury"
sldev12-l# ypwhich ypwhich: can't yp_bind: reason: Domain not bound I doubled checked and both ypbind and portmap are running. In trying random things found via google, the following sequence seems to fix(?) the problem: # killall ypbind # ypbind -ypsetme # ypset sierra where 'sierra' is the NIS domain name. Does this help explain what is happening? Tnx again. ---chuck On 15 Dec 2005 13:50:08 GMT, Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chuck Tuffli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm trying to setup a NIS client for the first time and am having some > > trouble. I used an older FreeBSD article as a guide > > (http://www.freebsddiary.org/nis-client.php), and wanted to know if > > there are any Dragonfly specifics that I needed to be aware of. The > > machine is running 1.3.7-DEVELOPMENT built from sources a couple of > > days ago. Generically, NIS doesn't seem to work. Specifically, > > something like the below errors out. > > > > sldev12-l# ypcat passwd > > ypcat: no such map passwd.byname. reason: Can't bind to server which > > serves this domain > > What does the "ypwhich" command print? > > > sldev12-l# rpcinfo -p > > program vers proto port > > 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper > > Is that all? Here it says: > > # rpcinfo -p > program vers proto port > 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper > 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper > 100004 1 udp 1015 ypserv > 100004 2 udp 1015 ypserv > 100004 1 tcp 1023 ypserv > 100004 2 tcp 1023 ypserv > 100007 2 udp 1001 ypbind > 100007 2 tcp 1021 ypbind > > Note that all of my NIS clients are also NIS slave servers > and bind to themselves. That's why ypserv appears above, > too. The advantage is that the clients are mostly immune > against server problems (downtime), because each client > keeps a local copy of the maps. It also keeps network > traffic down. Only when something changes on the master, > the changes are pushed to all slaves (i.e. to all clients). > > Best regards > Oliver > > -- > Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing > Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd > > Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author > and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. >
