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

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.

On Feb 26, 10:15 am, lax <d_d...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> 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.



Just following up....

For some reason the nis+ server works only after a nisping. It will
get rid of the error NIS+ servers unreachable after performing a
nisserver command.

Hope this helps someone.