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Xref: sserve comp.sys.sun.admin:29531 comp.unix.bsd:13871 Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!uunet!retix!spock!joshua From: joshua@sleepy.retix.com (joshua geller) Subject: yp wierdness betwixt vax and suns Message-ID: <JOSHUA.94May3072501@sleepy.retix.com> Followup-To: poster Nntp-Posting-Host: sleepy.retix.com Date: 03 May 1994 14:25:00 GMT Lines: 53 my network is mostly composed of sparcs, but for obscure and historical reasons services are provided by a vax 8650 running 4.3 bsd-tahoe. this beast is out the door as soon as we can manage it, but presently it is (among other things too numerous and disgusting to mention) our yp master server. ok fine. we had not been exporting a mailaliases map, and I wanted (and still want) to start doing so. I edited the make file in the yp directory, the map built fine, but when I tried to ypxfr from the slave servers I get messages like this: slave# ./ypxfr aliases Can't get master of aliases. Reason: no such map in server's domain. slave# ./ypxfr -f aliases Can't get master of aliases. Reason: no such map in server's domain. slave# ./ypxfr mail.aliases Can't get master of mail.aliases. Reason: no such map in server's domain. slave# ./ypxfr -f mail.aliases Can't get master of mail.aliases. Reason: no such map in server's domain. slave# ./ypxfr -f -h master aliases (info) Can't get order number from ypserv at master. Reason: no such map in\ server's domain. slave# ./ypxfr -f -h master mail.aliases master: RPC: Program not registered (info) master domain mail.aliases ypxfrd getdbm failed (reason = -1) --\ using ypxfr in fact there does not seem to be a ypxfrd on "master". when I update the yp maps on "master" I get: /etc/yp/domain/mail.aliases: 539 aliases, longest 692 bytes, 33022 bytes total updated aliases No response from ypxfr on slave.retix.com No response from ypxfr on slave1.retix.com No response from ypxfr on slave2.retix.com No response from ypxfr on slave3.retix.com Status received from ypxfr on master.retix.com: Failed - no local order number in map - use -f flag to ypxfr. No response from ypxfr on slave.retix.com No response from ypxfr on slave1.retix.com No response from ypxfr on slave2.retix.com No response from ypxfr on slave3.retix.com pushed aliases but this map does *not* exist anywhere on the slave servers. it can be seen by using the master for a yp server, which is not incredibly useful. any ideas? josh