On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 19:32 -0400, Andrew Robinson wrote: > Karl Larsen wrote: > > Andrew Robinson wrote: > >> I'm running FC6 on an eMachines laptop. I'm trying to configure NIS > >> for my growing home network. I seem to be having peculiar problems > >> with the ypbind init script. When I try to start the init script, it > >> fails: > >> > >> [root@proteus ~]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/ypbind start > >> Starting NIS service: [ OK ] > >> Binding NIS service: ......... [FAILED] > >> Shutting down NIS service: [ OK ] > >> > >> However, I find that if I run the init script with the restart option, > >> it will often, but not always, succeed: > >> > >> [root@proteus run]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/ypbind restart > >> Shutting down NIS service: [FAILED] > >> Starting NIS service: [ OK ] > >> Binding NIS service: ... [ OK ] > >> > >> If I start ypbind by itself from a command line, it always succeeds. I > >> verify the successes and failures with ps, ypwhich and ypcat commands. > >> > >> Anyone have a clue as to what is going on here? I've been looking for > >> some indication in some log, but haven't found any. The goal is to get > >> the init script to succeed on boot up. (The init script gives the same > >> messages at bootup as it does when run with "start" from the command > >> line.) > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> Andrew Robinson > >> > > Try chkconfig ypbind on and when you reboot it will be on and stay on. > > > I chkconfig'ed it on at the start of all this. The problem seems to lie > in the init script itself. As I noted, the init script fails at boot and > when I run it from the command line with the "start" option. > > Any idea how I can figure out what is happening in the init script? I > can't find any indication in any log files and when I tried stepping > through the commands on the command line, they all seemed to work. > > Andrew > I would be amazed the the bind faile without producing some kind of log message. Are you sure none is produced? I would try: tail -f /var/log/messages when you run the script start and be sure. -- ======================================================================= Drink Canada Dry! You might not succeed, but it *__is* fun trying. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
