[newbie] nis not working
I've been trying to get nis working on my home network. I'm to the point where both hosts can mount /home and other directories from the server, but users still can't log in. In http://rampex.ihep.su/Linux/linux_howto/html/tutorials/NIS-HOWTO-9.html it says that If everything is fine (as it should be), you should be able to verify your installation with a few simple commands. Assuming, for example, your passwd file is being supplied by NIS, the command ``ypcat passwd'' should give you the contents of your NIS passwd file. But wwhen I tried it here's what I got: # ypcat passwd No such map passwd.byname. Reason: Internal NIS error Irritably, the howto doesn't say what to do when ypcat passwd doesn't work. Other things I've tried (and the ressults): # /etc/init.d/ypserv status ypserv (pid 11126) is running... # rpcinfo -p localhost program vers proto port 102 tcp111 portmapper 102 udp111 portmapper 1000241 udp823 status 1000241 tcp826 status 3910022 tcp 32788 sgi_fam 142 udp704 ypserv 141 udp704 ypserv 142 tcp707 ypserv 141 tcp707 ypserv 132 udp 2049 nfs 133 udp 2049 nfs 134 udp 2049 nfs 132 tcp 2049 nfs 133 tcp 2049 nfs 134 tcp 2049 nfs 1000211 udp 33004 nlockmgr 1000213 udp 33004 nlockmgr 1000214 udp 33004 nlockmgr 1000211 tcp 33504 nlockmgr 1000213 tcp 33504 nlockmgr 1000214 tcp 33504 nlockmgr 151 udp804 mountd 151 tcp850 mountd 152 udp804 mountd 152 tcp850 mountd 153 udp804 mountd 153 tcp850 mountd # rpcinfo -u localhost ypbind program 17 version 1 ready and waiting program 17 version 2 ready and waiting # domainname fleabite # ps auwwx|grep yp root 11126 0.0 0.1 1968 712 ? S Nov01 0:00 ypserv root 12493 0.0 0.1 18392 864 ? S 00:31 0:00 ypbind I found this line in the log: ypserv[11126]: refused connect from 67.21.58.221:33083 to procedure ypproc_domain_nonack (fleabite,;0) Note that 67.21.58.221 is the dynamic IP assigned by my ISP. Is there a way to get the server to use it's static IP, 192.168.18.1? Is this part of the problem? I don't know. The 2 hosts are 192.168.18.11 and 192.168.18.12, and I can ping them, they can ping the server, and I can telnet into them from the server wiith no problem (I set up 1 user account just for this) and then su to root. From the server: # ypcat passwd No such map passwd.byname. Reason: Internal NIS error From either of the hosts: # ypcat passwd No such map passwd.byname. Reason: Can't bind to server which serves this domain I'm getting too burned out to think. Can someone help? -- Mit freundlichen Gren, Russ. Sick of democrat and republican lies? http://badnarik.org/whybadnarik.php What is freedom, really? See this great flash presentation: http://www.isil.org/resources/introduction.swf The Muses love the Morning. Against Disease here, the strongest Fence, Is the defensive Virtue, Abstinence. If thou dost ill, the joy fades, not the pains; If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. http://www.TruthAboutWar.org Visit my nursery: http://www.angelfire.com/linux/behnesnursery/ The Behne Family Genealogy Project: http://www.usgenealogy.net/members/rwbehne/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] nis password change doesnt work
I have a network that has a samba serving as the pdc, manages my windows logins, roaming profiles and all. I have recently finished configuring nfs/nis over mandrake 8.1 as the server and SuSE linux 7.2 on the client side. all my exports are working fine and nothing could be better, except that i cant change the passwords over nis. whenever i try to using "yppasswd" i get the reply as Changing NIS account information for mKwatampora on tech.mak.ac.ug. Please enter old password: Sorry. mkwatampora@tech:~> the password information isnt changed. when i change the password in linuxconf, i can login only when using a windows machine, but cant login with the new password on any linux machine. the troublesome bit comes in because on the linux machines, i can login with the old password that i have just changed over linuxconf. I have tried to merge the smbpasswd and passwd files but some daemons dont take of when i do this. i have tried creating a new password list to work from but still no hope. Is there anything i am missing? are there any bugs with these two distributions because im thinking of kicking on of the two out. I have the latest version of ypserv, ypbind and yptools and nfs-utils. i really dont know why it doesnt work. help anybody. Thanks Mike ___Be Unique! Get your personalized email address at www.NamePlanet.com
[newbie] Nis on Linux
Hello All, I've recently installed Linux on my system and now I want to enable NIS login through this. I went through the linux-nis.org -HOWTO to enable NIS. I am mentioning the steps followed during the process. 1) Created yp.conf file with the DNS server name and ip address 2) checked domainname and ypdomainname to be same(123.xxx.yyy.com) 3) changed /etc/nsswitch.conf to support nis 4) created /var/yp directory 5)started ypbind 6) checked if ypbind and portmapper are running-Success After all this, I ran ypwhich and it gave the following error: ypwhich: yp_bind Cant find domain name !!! :( I am clueless about this message and any help on this front will be really appreciated. Thanks much. Srini - Sign up for ICQmail at http://www.icq.com/icqmail/signup.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] NIS XFree86 login problem
For those that may come across this in the future, I have solved my own problem as usual. Make sure that the server and client machines are using the same user id and group id for the users files. My Debian machine had a userid of 1000 while the Mandrake machine was using 501. Once I chown and chgrp all the directoryies and files everything worked fine. I can't wait for 8.0 to be released to go through this pain again. :-) -Original Message- From: Morrell, Mike A [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 11:52 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] NIS XFree86 login problem Hello: I just setup a NIS server on a Debian box and have a Mandrake 7.2 client that I setup to login using NIS. I added +:: to the passwd file and see all the users on the login screen, but when I try to login it looks like the desktop is going to start but I get a grey screen and it jumps back to the login screen. I don't get any error messages. When I login with the console everything works fine and I can see the NFS mounted directorys just fine. So why can't I use XFree86? I've tried Gnome, Sawfish, and KDE with the same result. Anyone had this problem?
[newbie] NIS XFree86 login problem
Hello: I just setup a NIS server on a Debian box and have a Mandrake 7.2 client that I setup to login using NIS. I added +:: to the passwd file and see all the users on the login screen, but when I try to login it looks like the desktop is going to start but I get a grey screen and it jumps back to the login screen. I don't get any error messages. When I login with the console everything works fine and I can see the NFS mounted directorys just fine. So why can't I use XFree86? I've tried Gnome, Sawfish, and KDE with the same result. Anyone had this problem?
Re: [newbie] NIS
Thanks Paul. That's exactly it. Thanks again On Thu, 08 Juan 2000, also sprach: On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, John Arkoulis wrote: When I boot I see a message Binding to NIS domain failed What is this. My box still work OK!!! During installation, did you set up a networking environment? If so, there's probably something wrong with it, since the system tries to connect to a network domain that it can't locate. What was that with the L_M hats. Can we buy them Dunno. Paul -- A dream and dedication is a strong combination )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 -- Windoze is a virus with a user interface. This message was created with Linux
Re: [newbie] NIS
On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, John Arkoulis wrote: When I boot I see a message Binding to NIS domain failed What is this. My box still work OK!!! During installation, did you set up a networking environment? If so, there's probably something wrong with it, since the system tries to connect to a network domain that it can't locate. What was that with the L_M hats. Can we buy them Dunno. Paul -- A dream and dedication is a strong combination )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] NIS
Paul wrote: What was that with the L_M hats. Can we buy them Dunno. I sent a nag email to L-M, and Denis replied that they were not available but they gave some away at shows (he thought) I was just re-nagging him to get some available. It would be nice marketing I think. MarkP
[newbie] NIS
When I boot I see a message Binding to NIS domain failed What is this. My box still work OK!!! What was that with the L_M hats. Can we buy them -- Windoze is a virus with a user interface. This message was created with Linux
Re: [newbie] NIS help
type: setup and then click on Authen.. and then it will show the []NIS option which u can disable it.. On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Kit wrote: somehow, upon install...I inadvertently setup a NIS service...thinking I needed this to run a server. When I logoff...I've noticed that it doesn't shutdown...and therefore, I'm thinking that maybe this is the reason my modem says it's BUSY all the time...and I can't setup my modem. How do I turn off this NIS service? ==Kit== ICQ#: 7110071 E-Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] HomePage: http://members.xoom.com/kitgoins Personal Server: http://kompukit.myip.org ==Kit==
[newbie] NIS help
somehow, upon install...I inadvertently setup a NIS service...thinking I needed this to run a server. When I logoff...I've noticed that it doesn't shutdown...and therefore, I'm thinking that maybe this is the reason my modem says it's BUSY all the time...and I can't setup my modem. How do I turn off this NIS service? ==Kit== ICQ#: 7110071 E-Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] HomePage: http://members.xoom.com/kitgoins Personal Server: http://kompukit.myip.org ==Kit==
Re: [newbie] NIS help
Kitok. Let's say you're at your desktop (xsession). 1. press ctl-alt f2 to get to a console 2. sign in as root 3. at the console prompt type setup 4. with the color bar highlight Authentication Configuration (**) 5. with the tab key highlight Run Tool 6. press the spacebar to activate Run Tool 7. using the spacebar remove the asterisk from in front of Enable NIS 8. using the tab key highlight OK 9. press the spacebar to activate OK 10. using the tab key highlight Quit 11. press the spacebar to activate Quit and exit setup 12. at the console prompt type exit 13. at the console prompt press ctl-alt f7 to get back to your xsession (**I oops'ed on the first answer) Alan Kit wrote: How do I run SETUP, exactly? Do you mean linuxconfig? if so, how do I turn it off...exactly...you forgetting I'm a NEWBIE? LOL...hehehe On 9 Dec 99, at 7:46, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Kitrun setup as root and choose 'System Services'. Alan Kit wrote: somehow, upon install...I inadvertently setup a NIS service...thinking I needed this to run a server. When I logoff...I've noticed that it doesn't shutdown...and therefore, I'm thinking that maybe this is the reason my modem says it's BUSY all the time...and I can't setup my modem. How do I turn off this NIS service? ==Kit== ICQ#: 7110071 E-Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] HomePage: http://members.xoom.com/kitgoins Personal Server: http://kompukit.myip.org ==Kit== ==Kit== ICQ#: 7110071 E-Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] HomePage: http://members.xoom.com/kitgoins Personal Server: http://kompukit.myip.org ==Kit==
[newbie] NIS
I am attempting to set up NIS to share passwords between two Linux computers. When I go to make the NIS database I get the following: failed to send 'clear' to local ypserv: RPC: Program not registeredfailed to send 'clear' to local ypserv: RPC: Program not registeredyphelper: This program is for internal use from some ypserv scripts and should never be called from a terminal failed to send 'clear' to local ypserv: RPC: Program not registeredyphelper: This program is for internal use from some ypserv scripts and should never be called from a terminal failed to send 'clear' to local ypserv: RPC: Program not registered These errors come from the password, group, and the shadow files. I have no idea, my book doesn't cover this particular error :-( Any ideas, its probably obvious but I don't know. Dan
[newbie] NIS
I have been trying to make an NIS database to share passwords and groups between my two Linux computers, but I keep on getting the following errors when I try to make the database: failed to send 'clear' to local ypserv: RPC: Program not registeredfailed to send 'clear' to local ypserv: RPC: Program not registeredyphelper: This program is for internal use from some ypserv scripts and should never be called from a terminal failed to send 'clear' to local ypserv: RPC: Program not registeredyphelper: This program is for internal use from some ypserv scripts and should never be called from a terminal failed to send 'clear' to local ypserv: RPC: Program not registered I am trying to make a database of the password, group, and shadow files. Any ideas??? Dan
[newbie] nis
to whom it may concern, I'm pretty much a newbie to linux but the people at my work want me to set up a machine as a nis server. A collegue of mine sent me the following message I installed the ypserv RPM for you. You can start at the point where you configure /etc/ypserv.conf. So, can someone provide me with detailed instructions as to how to do this? I looked at the how to and did not understand much of it. I would greatly appreciate any help you could offer. Thanks, Jas
