Yp and a simple question.

[Rick Stevens]

Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> Ok.. I have what I hope is a good question.
> 
> You can set the NISDOMAIN in /etc/sysconfig/network OR in /etc/yp.conf.
> You don't have to set it in both.
> 
> Which one is the correct current way to do this?

/etc/sysconfig/network, since the ypbind rc.d script uses it.  The
actual name is set via the "domainname" command, and
/etc/rc.d/init.d/ypbind contains:

. /etc/sysconfig/network  (and "NISDOMAIN=whatever" should be in it)
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	DOMAINNAME=`domainname`
         if [ "$DOMAINNAME" = "(none)" -o "$DOMAINNAME" = "" ]; then
            if [ -n "$NISDOMAIN" ]; then
                 action $"Setting NIS domain name $NISDOMAIN: " \
			domainname $NISDOMAIN
            else
                 exit 1
            fi
         fi


> 
> I also found that the only way ypserv was going to build properly, was
> to set the nisdomain in the network file.  Is there another way?

Nope.  That's it.  Actually, older Solaris systems and such used to have
an "/etc/domain" file that contained the NIS domain name.  One of their
startup scripts did a "domainname `cat /etc/domain`" command to set it.
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