https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=305041#c1 --- Comment #1 from Erik Jacobson 2007-08-27 15:28:09 MST --- Created an attachment (id=160125) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=160125) y2logs in case it's helpful -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=305041#c2 Katarina Machalkova changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|yast2-maintainers@suse.de |jsuchome@novell.com --- Comment #2 from Katarina Machalkova 2007-08-30 02:02:05 MST --- Jirko, please take care of this one -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=305041#c4 Erik Jacobson changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|erikj@sgi.com | --- Comment #4 from Erik Jacobson 2007-09-17 13:12:57 MST --- Sorry for the long delay. Other projects are eating my time and I have to switch/reboot my desktop to check some of these things. I verified that I was not using dhcp at all. The network configuration is static and I verified no dhcp process was running. hoot:~ # cat /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 BOOTPROTO='static' STARTMODE='auto' NAME='SGI IO9/IO10 Gigabit Ethernet (Copper)' BROADCAST='' ETHTOOL_OPTIONS='' IPADDR='128.162.233.104/24' MTU='' NETWORK='' REMOTE_IPADDR='' USERCONTROL='no' hoot:~ # ps -ef | grep dhc root 4336 4285 0 14:12 pts/1 00:00:00 grep dhc -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=305041#c7 --- Comment #7 from Erik Jacobson 2007-09-17 13:55:21 MST --- Reset the test again... * rm /etc/yp.conf * rm /etc/sysconfig/ypbind * rm /etc/defaultdomain * echo 'americas.sgi.com' > /etc/defaultdomain * domainname "" * rpm -e ypbind * re-install ypbind rpm * yast nis * worked again. Reset the test the same way as above, plus * ensured I stopped ypbind * Still success Reset the test the same way as above, plus * I set the NIS domain with 'domainname' to 'americas.sgi.com' prior to running yast nis * This time, probably because the domainname command returned the FQDN by default, YaST NIS setup showed americas.sgi.com as the default domain. I left it set incorrectly to the FQDN and it took forever to exit (but it made sense this time because there is no NIS server with domain americas.sgi.com) * After it finally exited, I re-started 'yast nis', and did the following: * Changed NIS Domain from americas.sgi.com to our real NIS server * Also checked as before 'Broadcast', 'Static Setup', and 'Start Automounter'. * Here we FAIL. Even though I've now changed to the correct NIS domain in YaST, it's failing to bind. * I think it's because even though /etc/defaultdomain is correct, nothing is setting the nis domain to the value in /etc/defaultdomain. Since yp.conf simply says 'broadcast', this confirms my theory I believe. * Indeed, 'domainname' returns FQDN while /etc/defaultdomain has our real NIS server Now the above was a bit "set up" but I think it matches what I hit at initial installation. I hope this helps. This was unofficial beta2 ia64. I'm going to try installing unofficial ia64 beta3 shortly. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=305041#c9 --- Comment #9 from Erik Jacobson 2007-09-17 13:59:20 MST --- PS: I confirm when I manually set our NIS domain with 'domainname' and start 'yast nis' again -- that everything goes well. So I'm pretty convinced it's that the NIS domain as returend by 'domainname' isn't being reset when the domain changes. /etc/defaultdomain is correct but it isn't reflected in 'domainname' and since yp.conf simply has 'broadcast' yp is trying to bind to whatever is returned by 'domainname'. My thoery :) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=305041#c11 --- Comment #11 from Erik Jacobson 2007-09-17 15:07:27 MST --- It's possible I used dhcp the first time around for installation _only_ back in Beta2. Sometimes I do that because it's fast/easy. Then, when YaST came up, I would have configured static. Perhaps by that time, 'domainname' had been set and even though I changed it to static well before NIS setup came up, maybe this situation isn't handled. In the beta3 install I just performed, I on purpose avoided dhcp altogether. This might account for the difference. I can't promise that's what happened in beta2, but I think it would connect up with what you were getting at with your questions. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.