Re: Re: Setting up NIS

2001-06-01 Thread paolo pedaletti
Ciao Dave Sherohman, bradley:~# ypbind -d parsing config file Trying entry: domain mycompany.com server bradley.west.mycompany.com parsed domain 'mycompany.com' server 'bradley.west.mycompany.com' add_server() domain: mycompany.com, host: bradley.west.mycompany.com, nobroadcast, slot: 0

Re: Re: Setting up NIS

2001-06-01 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 12:08:23PM +0200, paolo pedaletti wrote: The problem was in /etc/ypserv.securenets (actualy a link to /var/yp/securenets) There wasn't the right line: host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Thanks for the suggestion, but so such luck. ypserv.securenets already contained 255.0.0.0

Re: Setting up NIS - SOLVED (sorta)

2001-06-01 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 05:31:22PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: I'm trying to get a NIS domain started and having little luck... I've followed along through /usr/share/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto.gz (which is great to have there!), but it doesn't seem to have worked. After (far too) much mucking

Re: Setting up NIS

2001-06-01 Thread Ian Greenhoe
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 04:27:32PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 12:36:23PM -0700, Ian Greenhoe wrote: Also, I'm curious about what sort of results you might see from rpcinfo -u bradley.west.mycompany.com ypserv bradley:~# rpcinfo -u bradley.west.mycompany.com

Re: Setting up NIS

2001-05-31 Thread Andrew D Dixon
Dave Sherohman wrote: I'm trying to get a NIS domain started and having little luck... I've followed along through /usr/share/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto.gz (which is great to have there!), but it doesn't seem to have worked. Check out the Network Administrators Guide and the NIS/NFS HowTo at

Re: Setting up NIS

2001-05-31 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 05:16:43PM -0700, Ian Greenhoe wrote: Not necessarily suprising. I've found the most useful way to get data from ypserv is to run it from a seperate [aEwx]term with the -d switch. Word of warning: It can produce a *lot* of data. Or it might not... bradley:~# ypserv

Re: Setting up NIS

2001-05-31 Thread Steve Kowalik
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 11:53:44AM -0500, Dave Sherohman uttered: Check. I actually had tried shutting down NFS and then stopping and starting portmapper and NIS in various combinations yesterday; NIS gives a completely different set of errors when portmapper is shut down. I seem to recall

Re: Setting up NIS

2001-05-31 Thread Ian Greenhoe
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 11:53:44AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: snip Any further suggestions or anything seemingly relevant in this information? I think I know part of what your problem is. Either do in your yp.conf: domain mycompany.com server bradley.west.mycompany.com

Re: Setting up NIS

2001-05-31 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 12:36:23PM -0700, Ian Greenhoe wrote: I think I know part of what your problem is. Either do in your yp.conf: domain mycompany.com server bradley.west.mycompany.com ^^ -- Note server not ypserver OR ypserver bradley.west.mycompany.com Hmph.

Re: Setting up NIS

2001-05-31 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 04:10:48AM +1000, Steve Kowalik wrote: I seem to recall have to add yp entries to /etc/services for NIS to work correctly. I can't really recall, it 4am, and it's been ages since I did it. It was easier /etc/services or some portmap file. I can't be certain. Let me know

Setting up NIS

2001-05-30 Thread Dave Sherohman
I'm trying to get a NIS domain started and having little luck... I've followed along through /usr/share/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto.gz (which is great to have there!), but it doesn't seem to have worked. I started to suspect that things weren't working at step 3.6, starting the server, when it

Re: Setting up NIS

2001-05-30 Thread Ian Greenhoe
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 05:31:22PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: I'm trying to get a NIS domain started and having little luck... I've followed along through /usr/share/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto.gz (which is great to have there!), but it doesn't seem to have worked. I started to suspect that

Help setting up NIS on a machine

1996-08-11 Thread Yves Arrouye
Hello, I tried to use the nis 1.20 package but have a problem: I setup a server on my machine, but when I run ypbind it makes endless connections: marin54# !y ypserv -d [Welcome to the NYS YP Server, version 0.18 (with securenets)] Find securenet: 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.0 Find securenet: 0.0.0.0