NIS Slave server setup

NIS Slave server setup

[Ramasubramanian]

Hello All,

	Am trying to configure a NIS slave server in RedHat-7.2. The
master NIS also run RedHat-7.2. The master configuration happened fine
and when I tried to configure the slave using

       ./ypinit -s <master server IP>, I got the following error.
	Can't enumerate maps from <master server hostname>. Please check that it
	is running.

	I read in one of the mailing lists that the default ypserv rpm (
ypserv-1.3.12-2 ) that comes with RedHat 7.2 gives the above said error
during slave server configuration. It was advised to use the latest
ypserv package ( ypserv-2.2-9). As advised, I installed the latest ypserv
package but still the same error occurs.

	Has anyone come across with this error in the latest ypserv
package ??
	Any help/guidance is appreciated.


Thanks in advance,
Regards
Rams



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Re: NIS Slave server setup

[Bruce Ferrell]

Hi Rams,

Chase down the original source for the NIS client.  This is broken in 
the RedHat RPM.  I spent 3 days chasing it before I recompiled from 
source... And it then behaved correctly.

If you search bugtraq, you'll find their work around, with which I don't 
agree.  If it works from source, there is no excuse for work arounds. 
The lesson I learned was to be very wary of redhat RPMS.

Bruce Ferrell

Ramasubramanian wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> 	Am trying to configure a NIS slave server in RedHat-7.2. The
> master NIS also run RedHat-7.2. The master configuration happened fine
> and when I tried to configure the slave using
> 
>        ./ypinit -s <master server IP>, I got the following error.
> 	Can't enumerate maps from <master server hostname>. Please check that it
> 	is running.
> 
> 	I read in one of the mailing lists that the default ypserv rpm (
> ypserv-1.3.12-2 ) that comes with RedHat 7.2 gives the above said error
> during slave server configuration. It was advised to use the latest
> ypserv package ( ypserv-2.2-9). As advised, I installed the latest ypserv
> package but still the same error occurs.
> 
> 	Has anyone come across with this error in the latest ypserv
> package ??
> 	Any help/guidance is appreciated.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Regards
> Rams
> 
> 
> 
>