Trying to configure NIS on a centos client and getting error Domain not bound

Question

I'm trying to set a host to use NIS. I've instlled ypbind and yp-tools. edited /etc/yp.conf:

domain mydomain.local server hostname

then edited: /etc/sysconfig/network and added:

NISDOMAIN="mydomain.local"

Then added the NIS server to the client's /etc/hosts file. then i ran #domainname mydomain.local.com and #ypdomainname mydomain.local and edited /etc/nsswitch.conf:

passwd:     files       nis
shadow:     files       nis
group:      files       nis
#hosts:     db files nisplus nis dns
hosts:      files nis dns

Then i've started the ypbind service and set chkconfig on it to on. For some reason, while starting the ypbind service i get this error:

Binding NIS service: ......                                [FAILED]

If I ping mydomain.local i get a resolve and response. When i su to my username i get the following error:

[root@itai-test ~]# su itaig
YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN: Domain not bound
[itaig@itai-test root]$ 

This is from /var/log/messages:

Jun 23 16:16:29 itai-test ypbind: NIS server for domain mydomain.local is not responding.

all though i know the NIS server serves IP to many other servers successfully. Firewall is not running and iptables is disabled on the NIS client. I've triple-checked all configuration files and i can't find what's wrong, maybe you'll be able to assist.

Solution

It seems like network issues which has been solved caused this behavior.

Comments

[Admin]

Check that the doamin name is correct in /etc/defaultdomain.