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Re: YP not working! ARGH!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elliot Lee)
Wed Nov 20 17:56:36 1996
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 17:54:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Elliot Lee <sopwith@cuc.edu>
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On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Rizzo, Mark wrote:
> I have set up a new system with RedHat 4.0. I have done this in the
> past and had no problems. I have installed EVERYTHING to enable YP but
> it still does not work. The domainname is set correctly. When I try to
> run ypbind I get a core dump(I know I don't need to run it but it works
> on my other Linux boxes). Other YP software like ypcat or yppoll return
> the following error when I attempt to run them: No such map
> passwd.byname. Reason: args to NIS function are bad.
>
> Any Ideas? I am pulling my hair out.
What do the following files look like:
/etc/yp.conf
/etc/nsswitch.conf
/etc/hosts
Thanks,
-- Elliot
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