boehme@unvax.union.edu (03/16/91)
I have been having a great deal of trouble getting a sun386i/250 to accept YP service from a DECsystem 5000/200 running Ultrix 4.1. I had previously configured the sun386i as its own master server. After futilely attempting to convert the sun386i to a network client, I unconfigured it and started from ground zero. I tried to set it up as a network client but it kept rebooting itself because it can't figure out who loghost is (syslog.conf for a client). I tried manually changing syslog.conf to that of a master but that also continually rebooted. I tried ignoring the errors and proceeding to set up the 386i as a slave server. The command "ypinit -s server" brings back a message that ypsync can't get the maps from the server. However, the command "ypwhich -d domain -m" does return the correct information. What is even more puzzling is that another DECsystem is able to serve YP to 3-4 Sun 2 workstations without trouble. I can't find any glaring difference to indicate the problem. Is it possible for the Ultrix system to serve YP to a sun386i. Any suggestions would be very greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Eric M. Boehm boehme@unvax.Union.EDU BOEHME@UNION.BITNET