Fedora 10 ypbind error

[Todd Denniston]

Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve wrote, On 12/10/2008 10:58 AM:
>> Q1: network up before starting NIS? (watch out for NetworkMangler^H^H^H^Hager starting only after someone logs in.)
> 
> 
> Yes. -- I had another machine in the past where this was a problem. NIS didn't work after boot, but when I manually restarted ypbind it started working. No such luck this time.
> 
>> Q2: can you ping the NIS server or its backups?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> Q3: portmapper running?
>> chkconfig --list portmap
> 
> No, but it looks like portmap was superseded by rpcbind, which is running:
> 
>   # /etc/init.d/rpcbind status
>   rpcbind (pid 2828) is running...
> 
> Also, rpcinfo reports several portmapper services.
> 
>> another command to add to your yp test suite: ypwhich
> 
> # /etc/init.d/ypbind status
> SIOCADDRT: File exists
> ypbind (pid  22270) is running...
> # ypwhich
> ypwhich: Can't communicate with ypbind
> 
> This doesn't change if I stop both iptables and ip6tables (and then restart ypbind).
> 
> Another thing I tried: /etc/init.d/portreserve stop and chkconfig portreserve off
> but that didn't make a difference either.
> 
> I also ran yum install ypserv, without actually turning it on. No luck still.
> 
> Ralf
> 
top of a google[ ypwhich: Can't communicate with ypbind ]
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/802-3884/6i7ogkaot?a=view

I think you are at the "NIS Service Is Unavailable" stage of the document...
try the following, even if `/etc/init.d/ypbind status` returns a pid:
ps aux | grep ypbind

`/etc/init.d/ypbind status` may be reading a file from /var instead of 
checking for a physically running program.

-- 
Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter