----- Original Message ----- From: <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "AlilouLinux" <alilou_linux@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 10:50 PM Subject: Re: [NIS]: a small problem with NIS > On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 07:47:09PM +0100, AlilouLinux wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 4:19 PM > > Subject: Re: [NIS]: a small problem with NIS > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 02:09:45AM +0100, AlilouLinux wrote: > > > > Good morning the groupe, > > > > I have a small problem with NIS. In a sation (or server), when I type > > this > > > > commande "ypcat hosts", I get this answer: "No such map hosts.byname. > > > > Reason: internal error in NIS" > > > > Did you know where is the proble? > > > Is there a hosts.byname database or not. These are created by lines in > > > the MAKEFILE in /var/yp. > > > It is not clear that using NIS to retreive passwds, hosts , etc on > > > your server from your server is a terrific idea. It is certainly not > > > necessary. > > You are speaking about the files {hosts.byaddr, hosts.byname, groupe.byname, > > passwd.byname ....}. Yes this database exists. I have recreated it. IT is > > in "/var/yp/nis.a22.TPnis" . > > The system give me the same answer when I do: "ypcat group" or "ypcat > > passwd"... > > I think that the problem is: The system does'nt point to this database !!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > ******************** > > > > NB: > > > > domain name: nis.a22.TPnis > > > > ip of the nis server : 10.172.52.22 > > > > I have created the file /var/yp/nis.a22.TPnis > > > > I have added to /etc/yp.conf: > > > > nis.a22.TPnis server 10.172.52.39 > > > > ypserver 10.172.52.39 > > The format of the yp.conf file is: > domain NISDOMAIN server HOSTNAME > where the HOSTNAME is in the /etc/hosts file. > In your case it should be: > domain nis.a22.IPnis server <HOSTNAME of 10.172.52.22> > if 10.172.52.22 is your nis server. I don't understand why you have > > > > restart the daemons > > > > ypserv restart > > > > yppasswdd restart > > > > when I type "domainname" I get this answer "nis.a22.TPnis" > > > > And when I type "ypwhch" I get "station_a22" (the name of my station > > which > > > > is in the same time my nis server) > > > > ********************** > Why is station.a22 your nis server? > Is the ip 10.172.52.2 the ip of station.a22 > Also you need to run ypbind on all nis clients even if you have the > server as its own client. > -- Because I want to do some tests in my server. And it is recommanded that a server be at the same time a client. This is the reason what I'm runing ypbind under the server (because, at the same time, it is a client...) Nota ben: I have done the tests in another machine (client). the answers are good. > > ======================================================================= > Ever get the feeling that the world's on tape and one of the reels is missing? > -- Rich Little > ------------------------------------------- > Aaron Konstam > Computer Science > Trinity University > One Trinity Place. > San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 > > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx