NIS Setup Issue

[kalyan.x.manchikanti at jpmchase.com]

I know it might be something you have already checked, but make sure you
have the name of the NIS server in /etc/hosts and DNS if you use it. Also
check /etc/host.conf to make sure you are using hosts first followed by
bind.

Also double check all your NIS files /etc/yp.conf , /etc/sysconfig/network
( USENIS and NISDOMAIN) files for any syntax errors. Do you see any
messages in the log files at all ?


Hth,
Kalyan

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Christopher
Angel
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:12 AM
To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
Subject: RE: NIS Setup Issue



> 
> You might have a negative passwd or group entry cached via
> nscd. You can invalidate the lookup cache by doing "nscd -i 
> passwd" followed by "nscd -i group". Then do getent passwd 
> $username and see if the lookup succeeds.
> 

No joy.  It still comes up with the local password list.  It's like it's
not even bothering to check the NIS maps.

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