[SunHELP] NIS Configuration error

[Bruce Pullig]

Yes I faced this after jumpstarting a machine, then trying to change the 
NIS domain.  I too verified /etc/defaultdomain and domainname.   If you 
will look at the /usr/sbin/ypinit script you will see that it is failing to 
find /usr/bin/domainname and that is causing the error.  I even tried to 
put the full path in for domainname.  I'm not sure why that didn't work, it 
should have.

My solution was to change the following lines in /usr/sbin/ypinit.  It 
should fix your problem too.

****Original lines****
def_dom=`domainname`
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
     echo "^GCan't get local host's domain name.  Please check your path."
         exit 1
fi

****Change to****
def_dom=yourNISdomain

Good Luck

Bruce

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   Bruce Pullig
   Senior Systems Administrator
   Schlumberger Oil & Gas Information Solutions
   Data Management Center
   5444 Westheimer, Suite 800, Houston, TX 77056
   Phone: 713.350.4217  Fax: 713.350.4102
   bpullig at slb.com
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At 12:22 PM 11/8/2001, you wrote:
>Hi admins
>
>Facing some strange problem while invoking ypinit -m.
>Invoking ypinit -m for the first time, gives me this
>error on Solaris8-108528-11.
>/etc/defaultdomain and domainname both reflects the
>correct domain.
>
># ypinit -m
>" Can't get local host's domain name.  Please check
>your path. "
>
>Had anyone faced similar problem...?
>
>Regards
>Mrao
>
>
>
>
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