A number of items must be verified, and perhaps modified, in
preparation of enabling an NIS server:
Your network must be configured and operating properly before
initializing NIS.
Make sure the fully qualified hostname is set by
running the hostname command.
You should see the hostname and the
default network domain name, for example,
missouri.sco.com.
Usually, the network domain name and hostname
are set up by the system startup script.
CAUTION:
If your hostname and network domain name are not correct, you
may have configuration problems with your network.
However,
changing the hostname and the default network name at this point
may also force you to reconfigure other network services, such as
sendmail, MMDF, and SCO LAN Manager.
Refer to
Chapter 1, ``Configuring network connections'' in Configuring Network Connections
for more information on network configuration.
Verify the following:
content of the /etc/yp/YP_MAP_X_LATE
file on the server to be enabled (see
``Editing YP_MAP_X_LATE'')
existence of the string /etc/yp in the PATH
variable of the account that will be running the server enabling script
(see
``Adding NIS to your PATH variables'')