NIS master gives "RPC: Unknown host" errors
Issue
When updating any NIS file on NIS master server results in following error:
[root@host yp]# make netgroup
Updating netgroup...
host-1 : RPC: Unknown host
host-0 : RPC: Unknown host
host-2 : RPC: Unknown host
host-3 : RPC: Unknown host
host-4 : RPC: Unknown host
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7
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