09-29-2003
Ok here are the errors i get
Sep 29 12:12:02 unixnis sendmail[4291]: My unqualified host name (unixnis) unknown; sleeping for retry
Sep 29 12:18:02 unixnis sendmail [4291]: unable to qualify my own domain (unixnis) -- using short name
WARNING: local host name (unixnis) is not qualified; fix $j in config file
/var/yp/test.commail.aliases: 13 aliases, longest 16 bytes, 162 bytes total
/usr/lib/netsvc/yp/mkalias /var/yp/'domainname'/netmask.byaddr
updated aliases
make: WARNING: don't knoe how to make target '/nisfiles/publickey'
Current working dircectory /var/yp
Updated netid
/usr/sbin/makedbm /nisfiles/netmask /var/yp/'domainname'/netmask.byaddr
updated netmask
Couldnt find /nisfiles/timezone
Updated auto.master
Updated auto.home
Updated auth_attr
Updated exec_attr
Updated prof_attr
Updated user_attr
Updated audit_user
make: Warning: Target 'all' not remade because of errors
Current working directory /var/yp
*** Error Code 1
make: Fatal Error: comand failed for target 'k'
Error running makefile
Can anybod comment and give me some solutions to fixing these problems?
Thanks
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nis_intro
nis_intro(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual nis_intro(7)
NAME
nis_intro - Network Information Service (NIS) introductory information
DESCRIPTION
The Network Information Service (NIS) is a distributed name service that allows participating hosts to share access to a common set of sys-
tem and network files. NIS allows the system administrator to manage these shared files on a single system.
NIS is intended for use in a secure environment only, where gateways do not allow outside Internet access to the NIS protocol.
NIS Maps
Information distributed by NIS is stored in database files called maps. Most of the NIS maps represent files that were traditionally
stored in the /etc directory. These files include the following: aliases group hosts netgroups networks passwd protocols rpc services
In a secure environment, you can run NIS in a secure mode, thereby creating secure and nonsecure versions of the NIS maps. See the Secu-
rity guide for more information.
You can also use NIS to distribute files used by Automount or AutoFS, or to distribute other user-defined files.
Each NIS map contains a set of keys and associated values. For example, as keys, the hosts map contains all host names on a network, and
as values, the corresponding Internet addresses. Each NIS map has a map name, used by programs to access data in the map.
NIS Domains
A named set of NIS maps is called a domain. A system's "domain name" or "NIS domain" corresponds to the set of NIS maps that the system
can access. You can think of an NIS domain as a set of systems that share the same set of NIS maps.
A system's domain name is set at the time the system is booted by the /sbin/init.d/nis script using an entry in the /etc/rc.config.common
file. System administrators can use the nissetup script to place entries in this file. The nissetup script is described in the Network
Administration manual.
You can determine your system's NIS domain using the domainname command. Refer to domainname(1). A domain name is required for retrieving
data from an NIS database.
NIS Client-Server Model
NIS follows the client-server model of distributed services. There are two types of NIS servers - master and slave. The master server
stores the master copy of the NIS maps for its domain; these are the only NIS maps that can be modified. Each domain has only one master
server.
Slave servers store copies of the master server's NIS maps. NIS slave servers can be spread throughout a network. Whenever an NIS map is
updated on the master server, the master propagates the changes to each slave server in its domain. If the master is unavailable for any
reason, the slave servers continue to make the NIS maps available to the NIS clients.
Clients are all of the systems that can access NIS maps. When a client requires NIS information, it makes a remote procedure call (RPC) to
one of the NIS servers to obtain the information.
NIS Data Storage
The data in NIS maps is stored as databases in dbm/ndbm, btree, or hash format.
For example, the NIS map for the /etc/hosts file in the domain market might be stored in these dbm/ndbm files: /var/yp/mar-
ket/hosts.byaddr.dir
/var/yp/market/hosts.byaddr.pag
/var/yp/market/hosts.byname.dir
/var/yp/market/hosts.byname.pag
The makedbm command takes an ASCII file such as /etc/hosts and converts it into dbm/ndbm files suitable for use by NIS. However, system
administrators use the Makefile script in the /var/yp directory to create NIS map files and specify file format. The Makefile script then
calls makedbm.
Refer to the Network Administration manual for details on the Makefile script, specifying different formats, and other NIS management
information.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: domainname(1), svcsetup(8), ypbind(8), yppasswdd(8), ypserv(8), ypxfr(8)
Files: svc.conf(4)
Network Administration delim off
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