Executing "ypinit -s <NIS master>" results in the message "Trying ypxfrd ... not running " in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Issue
- Executing /usr/lib64/yp/ypinit -s
results in the message "ypxfrd not running"
Example
Transferring protocols.bynumber...
Trying ypxfrd ... not running
Transferring protocols.byname...
Trying ypxfrd ... not running
Transferring services.bynumber...
Trying ypxfrd ... not running
Transferring services.byname...
Trying ypxfrd ... not running
Transferring mail.byaddr...
Trying ypxfrd ... not running
Transferring mail.aliases...
Trying ypxfrd ... not running
Transferring rpc.byname...
Trying ypxfrd ... not running
Transferring rpc.bynumber...
Trying ypxfrd ... not running
Transferring networks.byname...
Trying ypxfrd ... not running
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as NIS client
- HPUX 11 as NIS server
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