In article 6499@sersun1.essex.ac.uk, ajn@essex.ac.uk (Alastair Neil) writes:
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>OK here is the scenario, I have 3 sparcstations running sunos 4.1.1
>an ELC an IPC, and an IPX. The ELC is the NIS domain master server.
>I have rebuilt the shared c-lib with the resolv+-2.1 routines
>and edited the Makefile in /var/yp on the NIS master server, un-commented
>the B=-b line and done a make. I have configured /etc/host.conf and
>/etc/resolve.conf on all the machines - all per the instructions in the FAQ.
>Domain name resolving works fine on the NIS master - but not at all on the
>clients, please somebody give me a clue. I am a NIS/YP neophyte and I do not
>have access to the full SunOS documentation (something I am working on
>correcting). Any constructive comments (except RTFM for obvious reasons)
>gratefully received.
>
I don't know what you mean with /etc/host.conf (I guess you mean /etc/hosts, or this could be the mistake). BUT: if you really have configured the machines the way they should be configured did you also start the ypbind daemon on the client machines. if so (and if it is running) try to make a "touch /etc/hosts" and a "cd /var/yp" and then make another "make hosts" on the master NIS server once more.
