NIS not working

[raji10k]

Hi Frndz,,

I configured NIS server and failed badly(not an issue), The prob's I got are

when I try to start ypbind service it says

#Binding to NIS Domain
#Listning to NIS Domain server.........................[failed]

and I tried to login in a client with a user which's created in NIS server and failed.

So pls Help me out of It

Thanks in Advance......

[Roxoff]

NIS should be straightforward. As you're probably running Fedora/Redhat or derivative, I'll skim over the process to see if that helps. If you need detailed instructions, then you really are better off using Google, others will have already explained this better than I can here:

1. Set up your server with user accounts in the normal way.
2. Make sure you have the packages yp-tools and ypbind installed on the clients and server (use yum to install them)
3. Make sure you also have the package ypserv installed on the server
4. Run 'system-config-authentication' to set your YP domain name (not the same as your network domain names, you can use the same name, but it's best not to. Use the same name yp-domain for server and all clients)
5. Do a 'make all' in your /var/yp directory on the server
6. Turn on the yp processes ('service ypserv start' on the server, 'service ypbind start' on the client and, optionally, on the server).
7. Use chkconfig to turn on the services permanently ('chkconfig ypserv on' and 'chkconfig ypbind on').

You may need to change your server firewall settings to allow NIS connections.

Finally, you may choose to restart your clients and watch the startup messages for them connecting to the NIS/YP domain, this will ensure all is working smoothly.