I am trying to add the mail.aliases map to my Makefile on my NIS/YP server. I have added 'mail' to list of maps to build, and ensured that it is pointing to the correct aliases file (/etc/aliases).
The problem I am getting is that when I run make, I get a "Callback timed out" error like the following:
mail.aliases -> "SlaveNisServer": Callback timed out
The other maps seem to build successfully.
Does anyone have any idea what could be going wrong here?
It's possible your slave server is not set up correctly - Try running ypinit on the SlaveNisServer, and ensure that the NIS (and rpcbind) daemons are running:
/usr/lib/yp/ypinit -s MasterNisServer
Thanks. Helped to solve the issue:
# /usr/lib64/yp/ypinit -s nfs1
We will need a few minutes to copy the data from nfs1.
Transferring protocols.bynumber...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring services.byname...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring group.bygid...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring auto.data...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring mail.aliases...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring auto.app...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring netid.byname...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring ypservers...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring auto.home...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring rpc.byname...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring hosts.byname...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring passwd.byname...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring auto.master...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring passwd.byuid...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring hosts.byaddr...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring rpc.bynumber...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring group.byname...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring protocols.byname...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
Transferring services.byservicename...
Trying ypxfrd ... success
nfs2's NIS data base has been set up.
If there were warnings, please figure out what went wrong, and fix it.
At this point, make sure that /etc/passwd and /etc/group have
been edited so that when the NIS is activated, the databases you
have just created will be used, instead of the /etc ASCII files.
[root@nfs2:/root]
Also run: service ypserv restart This will update the ypserv settings.
