[97683] in RedHat Linux List
Re: NIS and RedHat 5.2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\))
Wed Nov 4 15:13:22 1998
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 18:52:58 +0000
From: "Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)" <argathin@iname.com>
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In-Reply-To: <3640A85E.5C572215@eburg.com>; from Gordon Messmer on Wed, Nov 04, 1998 at 11:17:50AM -0800
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Gordon Messmer writes:
> Maybe it's a bit early to expect this of anyone, but is anyone else
> using NIS under RedHat 5.2? When I upgraded, all my yp stuff broke.
> ypbind now complains that the domain is not bound. Attempting "ypcat
> passwd" tells me that it cannot bind to the server for this domain.
> The configuration files have not changed, I've compared them to
> backups. Portmap is fine, as I can still mount nfs shares. The HOWTO
> doesn't have much on troubleshooting this type of problem. So...any
> sugesstions? :)
To get NIS going under RHL 5.1 in the first place, you probably had to
change some configuration files, IIRC all of them in /etc (or sub dirs
thereof). You might have done so using the control-panel of linuxconf.
All of these would have got replaced by the new versions, which -
obviously - don't contain your changes. Have a close look at /etc and you'll
probably notice a few files ending in .rpmsave. Those are the old
configuration files that got saved during the upgrade (at least it's
supposed to be that way...). Check those for the changes you made and
transfer the changes to the new files. *Don't* simply copy the .rpmsave
files over the new ones, as you might be missing out on new features or
other changes of the new software.
The other option would be (if you used control-panel or linuxconf) to go
through all the steps you did in RHL 5.1 to get NIS going and repeat them
(you *did* write them down, didn't you?).
HTH,
Thomas
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