[WBEL-users] NIS Server Problem

[Will Senn]

Michiel van Es wrote:

>
>
> Will Senn wrote:
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>> All,
>>
>> Does anyone have ypserv running in their whitebox environment? If so, 
>> in a nutshell, what did it take to get it working? When I run ypserv 
>> it doesn't start and doesn't display any errors. I only modified a 
>> couple of files and I double/triple checked the changes and even 
>> backed out the non-critical changes. I was using standard login and a 
>> local resolving/cacheing dns for name lookups before I embarked on 
>> this odyssee.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
> Yes I do..configured /etc/yp.conf , touched and configured an 
> /var/lib/yp/securenets file, did an /usr/lib/yp/ypinit -m
> started portmap,ypbind and then as last the ypserv.
> Try this page..I had the exact problem like you..when following the 
> steps on this page you will find that ypserv will start up correctly:
> http://bradthemad.ath.cx/tech/notes/redhat_nis_setup.php
>
> M.
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Michael,

Thanks the link and your comments have me pretty convinced that my quest 
is not in vain. I'll give it another shot before moving on to LDAP. I 
also found the RHEL 3 documentation and although it doesn't have much on 
yp, it is a treasure trove of information on the os and other tools.

Thanks,

Will