NIS domainame not holding after reboot

[Rick Stevens]

On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 11:08 -0800, Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> I’ve had a few machines, especially virtual ones for some reason; that
> just don’t hold the domainname after a reboot.
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> I type:
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> domainname mydomain 
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> and it’s set.  I edit /etc/sysconfig/network and add
> NISDOMAIN=mydomain.
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> I reboot and I get (none) when I type in domainname.  Even odder, if
> the machine changes NIS domains, it’s remembering the old domain.

You have to bind to the NIS master of the new domain.

> Has anyone seen this?

The only time the NIS domain is set is if you have ypbind enabled (e.g.
"service ypbind on").  You can bury the "NISDOMAIN=whatever" in
/etc/sysconfig/network, /etc/sysconfig/ypbind or /etc/yp.conf.

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