SunOS 5.5 NIS clients on Linux server: problem...

Anyone using this setup?

I've acquired some SunOS 5.5 machines, and I'm trying to set up a NIS
server for them on Linux (RHEL 4). This almost works, but I'm getting
an "RPC failure on yp operation" when I run ypcat on the Sun. If I
look at passwd.byname, for example:

# ypmatch evan passwd
evan:... (gives correct output from the server)
# getent passwd evan
evan:... (gives correct output from the server)
# ypcat passwd
RPC failure on yp operation

Any ideas?

Thanks -

Evan

Evan Lavelle <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

>Anyone using this setup?

>I've acquired some SunOS 5.5 machines, and I'm trying to set up a NIS
>server for them on Linux (RHEL 4). This almost works, but I'm getting
>an "RPC failure on yp operation" when I run ypcat on the Sun. If I
>look at passwd.byname, for example:

># ypmatch evan passwd
>evan:... (gives correct output from the server)
># getent passwd evan
>evan:... (gives correct output from the server)
># ypcat passwd
>RPC failure on yp operation

>Any ideas?

Check for rpc registration of NIS procedures on the server. This is a
server issue, most likely.

Casper
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On 14 Dec 2005 17:41:40 GMT, Casper H.S. Dik <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Check for rpc registration of NIS procedures on the server. This is a
>server issue, most likely.

Hmmm. Just tried my Linux server setup with an Ultra60/SunOS5.7, and
ypcat works fine, with (apparently) exactly the same SunOS setup. Much
more importantly, the Ultra60 completes booting and goes multi-user.

The original SunOS5.5 box would only boot single-user, which was
enough for me to get in and play with NIS. However, today it won't
even boot single-user: it's attempting RPC calls *before* I get to the
"continue/admin password" choice, and just continuously times out on
the RPC.

Any idea how I can get back to completing single-user boot? I've got
no idea what's changed since yesterday; I guess the power cycle was
involved in some way.

Thanks -

Evan

Evan Lavelle <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

>Hmmm. Just tried my Linux server setup with an Ultra60/SunOS5.7, and
>ypcat works fine, with (apparently) exactly the same SunOS setup. Much
>more importantly, the Ultra60 completes booting and goes multi-user.

Well, perhaps it's an ancient SunOS 5.5 bug.

>The original SunOS5.5 box would only boot single-user, which was
>enough for me to get in and play with NIS. However, today it won't
>even boot single-user: it's attempting RPC calls *before* I get to the
>"continue/admin password" choice, and just continuously times out on
>the RPC.

Hm. Strange. Perhaps the 10 year old OS has finally expired.

>Any idea how I can get back to completing single-user boot? I've got
>no idea what's changed since yesterday; I guess the power cycle was
>involved in some way.


Powercycles can affect all files modified on boot.

Casper