Why Solaris autofs mount attempts fail , when using Red Hat NIS server?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When Solaris NIS client asks for non-existing map using yp_first/yp_next RPC calls, it gets 0 (YP_FALSE) instead of -1 (YP_NOMAP) in the YP respond from server, which causes problems on Solaris/Linux deployments.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • ypserv

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