[SOLVED] can't yp_bind: Reason: Domain not bound

[goude]

Hi everyone

I installed yesterday FC11 on a new computer. I think I configured everything in relation to networking but when I run ypwhich I get the following error:
can't yp_bind: Reason: Domain not bound

I have put the name servers in the /etc/resolv.conf file but they mysteriously disappear after a reboot.

Does anyone know what I should do to fix this? Any suggestions please?

Also firewall and SELInux is disabled.
Thank you

[Roxoff]

The YP domain is not the same as the DNS domain. Run the authconfig tool to set your client machine's yp domain to be the same as your server.

[goude]

Thanks for replying Roxoff,

I never used authconfig before so I searched on the net and found this:
system-config-authentication
It's the same tool isn't it?

If I run the above I get the same window you get when you first install FC

Under User Information tab: only NIS is enabled and configured correctly:
NIS Domain: my.domain.com
NIS Server: broadcast

Under Authentication tab: nothing is enabled

Under Options tab: only Use Shadow Passwords and Use MD5 Passwords are enabled

[Roxoff]

If you don't have a YP/NIS server, then this wont work at all. Your server will have a specific configuration, most importantly it will define it's YPDOMAINNAME setting - which, I believe, is defined in /etc/ypserv.conf.

You must ensure that the NIS domain you specify matches that of your server, and that the server name you provide is the proper DNS name for the machine you're connecting to.

[goude]

I've just checked what you suggested. Everything looks OK.

When I first installed FC11, I added in the yp.conf file the following:
domain my.domain.com server broadcast

Then I added the following to the resolv.conf file
search my.domain.com
nameserver 10.0.0.208
nameserver 10.0.0.248
options timeout:1

The above settings in the resolv.conf file were getting deleted after a reboot so to fix this I removed the NetworkManager service (yum erase NetworkManager)

The settings are not being deleted now but still get the same error. I really don't know what's going wrong.
DHCP, Firewal, SELinux are all off
The machine has a static IP
Here are the contents of the /etc/sysconfig/network file

NETWORKING_IPV6=no
HOSTNAME=sys2.my.domain.com
NETWORKING=yes
GATEWAY=10.0.0.1
NISDOMAIN=my.domain.com

Any more ideas, please?

If not, I think I will quit and declare defeat. I will install FC6 instead.

I just noticed that if I do route -n I don't get anything. Does that mean I have to configure the routing table somehow?

[goude]

There must be something wrong with the ethernet card.

With ifconfig I get only this:
lo
Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:1749 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1749 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3727677 (3.5 MiB) TX bytes:3727677 (3.5 MiB)

No info about eth0 or eth1

[Roxoff]

You've removed network manager - so make sure your network card is configured correctly by hand. Use 'system-config-network' (install it with yum if you have to) and set it so that it starts at bootup. You'll know what IP addresses you're supposed to assign, and you have the DNS information that you can put into your network config tool on the DNS tab.

Give that a try and let us know how you get on.

[goude]

After a lot of search on the net I found this:

https://fcp.surfsite.org/modules/new...=DESC&start=10

I don't know why my NIS server wasn't responding to ypwhich but the link above fixed my problem.
You have to create a file under the name ypbind in the /etc/sysconfig directory.
Then add this line: OTHER_YPBIND_OPTS="-no-dbus"
Restart ypbind and it should work.

Thanks a lot for your help Roxoff.

[Roxoff]

Thanks a lot for your help Roxoff.

np. Not that I did a lot to help...

Glad you got it fixed. I'm marking this one as SOLVED.