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  • NIS Client does not bind to NIS enabled IdM

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    Hi,
    Here is my situation:
    - I've setup an IdM on top of a RHEL 7.1 Server, following the "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    Identity Management Guide" so that it is NIS enabled ;
    - I've created a new RHEL 7.1 Workstation, with a local user, and added a network authentication through NIS, using the IdM IP address.

    The goal is to validate a path to migrating a very old NIS server (with 40 RHEL workstations authenticating to it) into a brand new IdM.

    The workstation does not bind.

    /etc/yp.conf :

    domain WORKGROUP server ***.***.***.214
    

    when I try :

    #service ypbind start
    

    I get:

    Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start  ypbind.service
    Job for ypbind.service failed. See 'systemctl status ypbind.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
    

    then :

    #systemctl status ypbind.service
    ypbind.service - NIS/YP (Network Information Service) Clients to NIS Domain Binder
       Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/ypbind.service; enabled)
       Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since jeu. 2015-12-10 12:08:05 CET; 4min 8s ago
      Process: 3954 ExecStartPost=/usr/libexec/ypbind-post-waitbind (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
      Process: 3949 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ypbind -n $OTHER_YPBIND_OPTS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
      Process: 3946 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/setsebool allow_ypbind=1 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
      Process: 3942 ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/ypbind-pre-setdomain (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
     Main PID: 3949 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
       Status: "Processing requests..."
    
    déc. 10 12:07:19 TESTING-MACHINE systemd[1]: Starting NIS/YP (Network Information Service) Clients to NIS Domain Binder...
    déc. 10 12:07:19 TESTING-MACHINE setsebool[3946]: The allow_ypbind policy boolean was changed to 1 by root
    déc. 10 12:08:05 TESTING-MACHINE systemd[1]: ypbind.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
    déc. 10 12:08:05 TESTING-MACHINE systemd[1]: Failed to start NIS/YP (Network Information Service) Clients to NIS Domain Binder.
    déc. 10 12:08:05 TESTING-MACHINE systemd[1]: Unit ypbind.service entered failed state.
    

    Any pointer on how to get this thing working would greatly appreciated.

    Yves

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