[Users] Does NIS work with OpenVZ?

[E Frank Ball]

Nevermind. I got NIS working.  I needed to specify the server 
name, and put that server in /etc/hosts.


On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 04:31:58PM -0800, E Frank Ball wrote:
 > Does NIS work with OpenVZ?  
 > ypbind just hangs when I start it:
 > 
 > # ./init.d/ypbind start
 > Binding to the NIS domain:                                 [  OK  ]
 > Listening for an NIS domain server.....
 > 
 > In /var/log/messages I get this:
 > ypbind[24574]: broadcast: RPC: Timed out.
 > 
 > I have ypbind and yp-tools installed.  The portmap is running.  The
 > hostname has the necessary permissions on the server.  "domainname"
 > returns the correct server name.
 > 
 > I have the NISDOMAIN set in /etc/sysconfig/network
 > 
 > In /etc/yp.conf I have:
 > domain xxxxxx broadcast
 > This works on non-virtual machines.
 > I also tried setting a server name, but it still hangs.
 > 
 > Our network uses an unusual netmask:  255.255.248.0
 > Could that be causing a problem?
 > 
 > There's nothing on the wiki about NIS.
 > 
 > My virtual machines are CentOS 4.
 > 
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 > 
 >    E Frank Ball                efball at efball.com
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   E Frank Ball                efball at efball.com