Hi All,

I am using VMware workstation 6.0.2
Installed RHEL 4 as a virtual machine and cloned it so that I have 2 RHEL virtual machines running. I have assigned static IP address to both systems.

192.0.0.1 this is for server and given host name as station1.hp.com
192.0.0.5 this is for client and given host name as station2.hp.com

NIS Domain name hp.com

I have edited the requied files and NIS server is running in station1. When the machine starts ypbind binds to hp.com and ypcat passwd in station1 gives me the information.

However station2 is not able to bind to NIS server running in station1. In both systems I have made sure that the NISDomainname is hp.com

etc/hosts file in station2


127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.0.0.1 station1.hp.com station1


etc/hosts file in station1
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.0.0.1 station1.hp.com station1

I am not very experienced in linux networking and hence I request you to guide me in this regard. I will provide you any further information needed.

Thanks in advance.

Hi!

I would suggest following checks:

a. Are both virtual machine reacheable to/from eachother ? Try using ping.
b. Make sure you have made correct changes in /etc/yp.conf (hostname or ipaddress of ypserver machine), /etc/sysconfig/network (entered domainname entry)files.
c. portmap service is running on the client.
d. configured client using authconfing utility to set client to look for yp server for authentication.
e. If still not successfull then do these steps and post the output:
service ypserver restart (on stattion1)
service portmap restart (on station2)
service ypbind restart (on station2)

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PK
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Hi, Thanks for replying.

1)Both virtual machines ping each other.

2)/etc/yp.conf entry in server(station1) system

domain hp.com server 192.0.0.1

/etc/yp.conf entry in client(station2) system

domain hp.com server 192.0.0.1

/etc/sysconfig/network entry in server system

NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
NISDOMAIN=hp.com

/etc/sysconfig/network entry in client system

NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
NISDOMAIN=hp.com

3)Portmap service running on client

4)On client used the command system-config-authentication

Checked the box enable NIS
NIS Domain = hp.com
NIS server =192.0.0.1

5)Restarted ypserver on station1 - successful (service ypserv restart)

Restarted portmap on station2 - successful (service portmap restart)

Service ypbind restart on station2 - Failed

Output : Shutting Down NIS services - Failed

Binding to NIS Domain - OK

Listening for an NIS Domain Server .............. Failed



Thanks a lot for helpiing me