[SOLVED] NIS: Server Related ->> yppasswd

pix9 · 02-11-2010, 02:42 AM

hello,
friends i have configured nis server on my system but i am gettign error while settign password for nis user logan i am not able to understand what couldbe wrong?

[root@station137 ~]# yppasswd -p logan
yppasswd: can't find the master ypserver: Internal NIS error
[root@station137 ~]#

zordrak · 02-11-2010, 03:56 AM

paste the output of `ypwhich`

pix9 · 02-11-2010, 11:12 PM

[root@station137 ~]#ypwhich
ypwhich: Can't communicate with ypbind

zordrak · 02-12-2010, 01:39 AM

The nis client service is not running. You need to start it. This can be done with ypbind or with your distros start scripts.

pix9 · 02-12-2010, 04:43 AM

Thank you for replying
I am facing same problem even after starting service, i am using RHEL 5.3.

i am using following commands before I test yppasswd
service nfs restart
service portmap restart
service ypserv restart
service ypxfrd restart
service yppasswdd restart

zordrak · 02-12-2010, 04:51 AM

Those are server daemons. Those are what is required to *SERVE* NIS responses. In order to connect to those server daemons you must also have the machine configured as a NIS client. This means starting ypbind and allowing it to bind to the ypserv daemon via the network.

Try:

Code:

# service ypbind start

pix9 · 02-14-2010, 11:40 PM

thank you zordak i will try it and let you know what happens

pix9 · 02-17-2010, 05:51 AM

thank you very much zordrak.
that thing works after installing and starting ypbind