Linux NIS client to Solaris NIS server on another subnet

[Tom Buskey]

I've been trying to get this setup and failing.  I'm able to get a Solaris (8 and 10) client to work.
Linux is FC 4 fwiw.

nismaster is xxx.xxx.48.38
client is xxx.xxx.54.11
There's a router between them and the 54 subnet can't transmit broadcasts.
ping nismaster works

domainname is set correctly to gps on both systems.
/var/yp/securenets on nismaster is correct.

On client:
/etc/yp.conf:
  domain  gps server nismaster
/etc/hosts:
  xxx.xxx.48.38 nismaster

$ rpcinfo -u nismaster ypserv
program 100004 version 1 ready and waiting
program 100004 version 2 ready and waiting

$ rpcinfo -u localhost ypbind
program 100007 version 1 ready and waiting
program 100007 version 2 ready and waiting

$ /etc/init.d/ypbind start fails

So I go manual:
$ /usr/sbin/ypbind -ypsetme
$ ypset nistmaster
$  ypwhich
can't yp_bind: Reason: Domain not bound


Any ideas?







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