Jonez
08-15-2001, 11:35 AM
I have two computers connected only to each other through a hub. I'm installing Solaris 8 on both, and setting them up as NIS master and client. I've been at it for a week, and I'm getting nowhere.
I installed the OS on the master and ran ypinit -m. The script exits without errors, so I guess I'm all done? I reboot the system and see by using >rpcinfo -p that the NIS services are indeed running.
I then install the OS on the client, but it fails. When I'm asked to enter the NIS master information, I get the following:
"YPbind- cannot communicate with YP server, run YPinit -c" and "Error setting up NIS client. Run nisclient -i."
Mind you this is during the install, and I know these two can ping each other.
What am I doing wrong? Is there more for me to do on the NIS master side before it will work with the client? How am I to run ypinit and nisclient during the middle of an install?
Obviously I'm a Unix newbie. Please dumb down your answers, don't assume I have any idea what I'm doing. Thanks!
I installed the OS on the master and ran ypinit -m. The script exits without errors, so I guess I'm all done? I reboot the system and see by using >rpcinfo -p that the NIS services are indeed running.
I then install the OS on the client, but it fails. When I'm asked to enter the NIS master information, I get the following:
"YPbind- cannot communicate with YP server, run YPinit -c" and "Error setting up NIS client. Run nisclient -i."
Mind you this is during the install, and I know these two can ping each other.
What am I doing wrong? Is there more for me to do on the NIS master side before it will work with the client? How am I to run ypinit and nisclient during the middle of an install?
Obviously I'm a Unix newbie. Please dumb down your answers, don't assume I have any idea what I'm doing. Thanks!