On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Nagaraj Panyam <p...@tifr.res.in> wrote: > Hi, > > Are there any known issues with ypbind on SL6 server? > or any other new configuration issues that are showing up as this problem? > Other than ypbind, other network services are ok (nfs, etc) > > I have ypserv running on the SL6 machine. > Remote yp clients have no problems binding with this ypserv. > But a local ypbind is failing to connect! > I hope the pasted screen dump explains the situation. > > I have this single line in yp.conf of the SL6 box > ypserver 127.0.0.1
This is not the same IP address your other clients use. Try use the same IP address they use and see wshat happens. And what does 'ypdomainname' say? The same as your other clients? And what about 'ypwhich'? And 'ypcat -d "domain" -h 127.0.0.1 passwd' > [root@lnx5 ]# service ypserv status > ypserv (pid 2629) is running... > > [root@lnx5 ]# service ypbind start > Starting NIS service: [ OK ] > Binding NIS service: ..... [ OK ] > > [root@lnx5 ]# service ypbind status > ypbind (pid 6594) is running... > > > [root@lnx5 ]# ypwhich > ypwhich: Can't communicate with ypbind > > > There is no clue in system log except this single line: > (NIS server name is missing) > > Jun 28 18:34:00 lnx5 ypbind: NIS domain: DHEP-D0, NIS server: > > > Someone responded to similar problem from me, but I am still stuck! > This worked trivially when before I upgraded from SL5 to SL6. > Thanks for any clue about this. > > Nagaraj >
