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At some point hitherto, Robert Casey hath spake thusly:
> Can someone tell me which file I have to modify, on the client, to
> make the NIS domainname permanent.
There are two things you must do. First, your /etc/yp.conf file must
be properly set up
Hope this helps
We do this as part of our kickstart postinstall.
# YPBIND
cp /etc/yp.conf /etc/yp.conf-dist
echo "domain athena broadcast" >>/etc/yp.conf
chkconfig --level 345 ypbind on
Also, on my system
quantum@com:sysconfig/ cat /etc/issue
Red Hat Linux release 7.1 (Seawolf)
Kern
Untested, at least on RH 7.2, but I've used something similar before:
Edit /etc/sysconfig/network, which should have lines that look like
this:
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=yourmachinename (whatever that is)
and add a line at the end:
NISDOMAIN=lds
If you take a look at /etc/init.d/ypbind, you'll
Hi,
Welcome! On Redhat 7.2, edit /etc/yp.conf. Add this line:
domain server
That will work if you have a specific NIS server.
Regards,
Warren
>-Original Message-
>From: Robert Casey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 1:19 PM
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