NIS Redhat master to Solaris NIS slave problem with passwd.adjunct.byname file

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • When trying to set up a NIS slave on Solaris, using

    # ypinit -s 
    

    or

    # ypxfer
    

    all of the maps are transferred except passwd.adjunct.byname.

  • This issue is caused due to this line in the /etc/ypserv.conf file on Redhat
    master NIS server:

    *                          : *       : passwd.adjunct.byname : port
    
  • If this is changed to:

    *                          : *       : passwd.adjunct.byname : none
    

    The ypxfr will happen and yppush then works from the Redhat master to the Solaris slave.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
  • ypserv-2.19-22.el6.x86_64
  • yp-tools-2.9-12.el6.x86_64

  • Solaris 5.8 machine that is a NIS slave with a RHEL NIS server.

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