On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, sam wrote: > so... > > if i'm understanding: > > -you have a 32bit NIS server that you've Correction here - server is 64-bit RHEL 5 Server. All machines are full, out-of-box, unpatched systems, with no Internet connection. Working clients are 32-bit. Problem machine is 64-bit CentOS 5 client. > configured for your network. > -you are not running dns, but are instead using /etc/hosts, > and /etc/resolv.conf on your boxes > -you have a couple of 32bit clients that can attach to the > NIS server, and that you can log against. you can run > 'ypcat passwd' on these machines with no issues.. > > -attaching a 64bit machine as a NIS Client which you've > configured as best you can, is giving you errors... > > I just had a conversation with a Sr. Redhat Tech support eng, where he was > telling me that there might be an issue with my situation that might be > related to the fact that the server is 64 bit, and the slave is 32bit... > > might not be related.... but hmm... > > can you post your ypserv.conf, as well as your yp.conf files > I'll have to check on my ypserv.comf file - I don't recall having edited that. yp.conf on the server is: ypserver 127.0.0.1 yp.conf on the client is: domain my-nis-domain server ip-of-server Scott > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org]On > Behalf Of Scott Ehrlich > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 3:58 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS problems > > > On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Clint Dilks wrote: > >> >> 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? >>> >> >> Hi do you have the appropriate entry in /etc/hosts for ypserv on NIS > Server ? > > Yep. This is on a small lan - /etc/hosts acts as local dns. > > The error is the one when ypinit -s server hasn't been run. I've had two > successful runs on 32-bit C5 adding said 32-bit hosts to the network, but > this one 64-bit C5 system is giving me the NIS problems. I can ssh, ping, > and doing anything else I want. Again, the 32-bit hosts work fine against > the server. This one 64-bit machine is simply giving me the NIS > headaches. > > Thanks for any/all ideas. > > Scott > >> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Scott >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >