On Feb 25, 2:24 pm, lax <d_d...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> 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


It's working now after a couple re-tries and reboots.