On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 08:17:00PM +0100, AlilouLinux wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > 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 Look you say above the nisserver is 10.172.52.22 So why do you have server 10.172.52.39 in you yp.conf file? As I said before it looks to em that the content of the yp.conf file is not consistant with the format of information that you see in comments in that file as I said in the comment just below this. Blow I ask you a number of questions about what you are doing and received no answer. . > > > > > > 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. > > >>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 > I think that there is no errors in the file yp.conf, because we can use the > Hostname or the IP of the hostname (is what I'm telling false ?!!) > ---> the problem already exists!!! > You still have not explained the confusion in the the two different ip-s that you associate with you nishosname. -- ======================================================================= Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? A: He was giving it last rites. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
