Is your /etc/yp.conf file the same as a working system? How is your NIS
setup?

"Art Werschulz" <agw@cs.columbia.edu> wrote in message
news:yla7j4cbl7q.fsf@sobolev.cs.columbia.edu...
> Hi.
>
> We have a cluster of RedHat Intel machines. One of these is a Dell
> OptiFlex GX520; the others are HP/Compaq dc5000 MicroTowers, Dell OptiFlex
> GX270 units, and a couple of other Intel boxes. We are in the process of
> upgrading from FC4 to FC5.
>
> We are having a ypbind-related problem with the Dell OptiFlex GX520. This
> problem had occurred when it was an FC4 machine, and it's still occurring
> as an FC5 machine. It is not occurring with any of our other machines.
>
> Booting for the Dell OptiFlex GX520 hangs for a while at the msg
> Listening for an NIS domain server
> After a bit of time, this times out, and the rest of the booting proceeds
> quasi-normally, with the (unsurprising) exception of autofs not
> automounting remote directories.
>
> Oddly enough, after the boot process, if I log in as root and issue the
> commands
> # service ypbind start
> # service autofs restart
> everything is OK. NIS now works, and the remote directories automount as
> expected.
>
> Does anybody have an explanation for this? That is, why would the machine
> (*) not be able to find its NIS server when booting, yet
> (*) be able to find its NIS server after booting?
>
> Even better, what can we do so that ypbind works properly when the system
> is booted, i.e., so that this machine can find its NIS server when
> booting?
>
> Many thanks.
>
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