Linux NIS client to Solaris server issue 1

[InigoMontoya]

I'm about ready to pull my hair out! I have a SUsE 9.2 on an AMD Opteron w2100z. It's the first machine in its subnet that will be a NIS Client to a Sun NIS master on another subnet. I am able to bind to the domain. ypwhich returns the right server but when i do any ypcat command i receive no such map in server's domain.

I found a posting by another admin online that resolved the issue by adding the new subnet to the /var/yp/securenets file and doing a ypstop/ypstart.

I modified the file as recommended and restart NIS but the issue remains. I still get the same message with ypcat. Does anyone have a suggestion on what I can do next? I'm out of ideas. Thanks.

-ryan

 

[bfitzmai]

Is you client in the NIS Servers file /etc/netgroup?

Found this on the web... Hope it helps.

http://penguin.triumf.ca/recipes/nis-auto/index.html#client-confautofs

 

[InigoMontoya]

bfitzmai,

yup...it's there. it was one of the first things i did. That site is pretty good.

 

[bfitzmai]

Since Linux is basically BSD Unix, NIS across subnets may not be available. Solaris made the change with Solaris 8.

I really would try snoop to see if your NIS server is actually acknowledging the NIS request. If there are problems, you should see error messages. You can also run a ypstop and ypstart to track your binding with the NIS server.

There is also a file yp.conf that supposedly you can enter the name of the NIS server to bypass ypbind and the broadcasting that is done during the NIS process. Never used it...

 

[InigoMontoya]

Well...I've pulled out the last of my hair so...I changed it's IP and put it within the same subnet as the NIS master server. Everything works like a charm.

You're probably right bfitzmai.

Thanks for everyone who tried to help.

-ryan