I'm having problems setting up a nis+ server on a Solaris 10 sparc
box. I run the command:

/usr/lib/nis/nisserver -v -r -d test.com

to perform the initial setup of the server and it completes without
error. However when I try to nispopulate with my existing nis+ tables
it says that none of the tables have been created.

**ERROR(1): table auto_master.org_dir.test.com. does not exist.
auto_master table will not be loaded.
**ERROR(1): table auto_home.org_dir.test.com. does not exist.
auto_home table will not be loaded.
**ERROR(1): table ethers.org_dir.test.com. does not exist.
ethers table will not be loaded.
....

The command ' /usr/lib/nis/nisaddent -d publickey' errors with
cred.org_dir.test.com.: NIS+ servers unreachable.

`svcs` shows that nisplus is online and ps -ef shows that all running:

root 1088 1 0 14:16:24 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/
rpc.nispasswdd
root 1086 1 0 14:16:24 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.nisd
root 1078 1 0 14:16:24 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/
nis_cachemgr -i
root 906 1 0 14:13:02 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/keyserv

I've performed the same sets in Solaris 9 several times with no issue.
Can someone shed some light on this issue. Thanks.


keywords:
nis+ nisplus Solaris 10 initial setup nispopulate nisserver