Why do I see ypserv[]: WARNING(ypproc_all_2_svc): cannot fork: Cannot allocate memory message ?
Issue
NIS clients are experiencing NIS troubles. In their NIS slave server's /var/log/messages file the following message is repeated many times :
ypserv[]: WARNING(ypproc_all_2_svc): cannot fork: Cannot allocate memory
After issuing the command "service restart ypserv", the YP service is working fine again.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
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