Problem for Centralising by NIS

[manhou]

Hi, I am verynew to Linux. I am not currently trying to setup the NIS server for centralising the network to login. I have tried to follow the howto in this website in chapter 30. However, I got an error when I run

/usr/lib/yp/ypinit -m

failed to send 'clear' to local ypserv: RPC: Unknown hostUpdating passwd.byuid.....


I can't find any relevent info about that so just wonder anyone can give me a hand. Thank you very much!

my /etc/sysconfig/network file is

NISDOMAIN="CMRGNIS"
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=cmr8

in yp.conf, i just used
ypserver=127.0.0.1

also i have done this
domainname cmr.org

anything wrong with them????
Pls help!!!!!!!

[manhou]

hi all, it's fixed, I think i did make a stupid mistake when i was setting up the DNS.
the machine can't recognise itself as localhost and as a result, i got those errors.
So if anyone got the same error, just make sure you define back the machine as localhost and everything should work fine.

[proton]

I had the same problem and your fix was perfect for me! Thank you! It saved me a lot of time!

/Johnny

[coolguy]

Hi I Am New To LINUX PLZ explain the fix breifly