NIS master->slave push failing

[Paul Howarth]

acosta at ar.microlink.com.br wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> this is not strictly a Fedora question, so please apologize for the slightly-OT...
> 
> I am setting up a NIS slave server on a FC2 box (the master is running on an old RH box). Apparently, all went well (I've followed the instructions here [http://daq.triumf.ca/online/nis/nis_notes.html#NIS master server setup:] and it has been very helpful), but master server is failing to push its changes to the slave server. This appears on /var/log/messages on the master server whenever the push is attempted:
> 
> Oct  5 10:30:03 duchamp ypxfr[26894]: ypxfr: Can't get master address
> 
> /etc/yp.conf on the master has this:
> 
> domain tecgraf.puc-rio.br server localhost
> 
> and ypwhich correctly returns:

Try using the real name of the NIS server instead of localhost.

Also make sure that both NIS servers are listed in the "ypservers" map: what's 
the output of "ypcat ypservers"?

Paul.