[CentOS] NIS problems

Wed Oct 17 20:33:33 UTC 2007
Ross S. W. Walker <rwalker at medallion.com>

Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> 
> I've got a RHEL5 server acting as a NIS/NFS server, and 
> connected one C5 
> machine just fine.
> 
> I'm trying to connect another, and for the life of me, cannot 
> figure out 
> why NIS won't bind.  NFS works fine.  ypbind just hangs.  I disabled 
> SELinux and the firewall.   I just cannot get it to bind.
> 
> Ideas?

Check your DNS setup and make sure it is sane.

-Ross

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