NIS issue

[me-5yx05kfkO/aqeI1yJSURBw at public.gmane.org (Matthew Gillen)]

Jerry Feldman wrote:
> I just set up a new server, and I am having some problems with NIS.
> First, NIS is properly binding to the correct server. 
> 
> Then when I try to check passwd or group I get someting like:
> 
> [root at boslc05 ~]# ypcat passwd
> No such map passwd.byname. Reason: Internal NIS error
> 
> The server is an HP Integrity (eg. IA64) running RHEL 4 U2, and the
> affected system is an Intel whitebox x86-64 system running RHEL 4 U3.
> The other 2 x86-64 systems in the office are also running RHEL 4 U3,
> and NIS works fine. 

The usual suspects:
 - portmapper on client died sometime after ypbind started
 - firewall rule on client
 - client is not in the correct netgroup (so server refuses to answer query)

If none of these seem to be the issue, check /var/log/messages on both the
client and the server to see if there's anything useful.

HTH, good luck.
Matt

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