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From: jesse@camelot.sgi.com (Jesse Rendleman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: NIS master not running IRIX OS
Message-ID: <1991Apr11.191454.23935@odin.corp.sgi.com>
Date: 11 Apr 91 19:14:54 GMT
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In article <91Apr11112549> phaneuf@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Daniel Phaneuf) writes:
>
>I am having some problems with the Workspace and the System Manager on
>our 4D/310 running 4D1-3.3.2. The problem is well known since it is
>listed inr the 4D1-3.3.2 Release and Installation Notes Manual. I
>tried to add the following lines in the /etc/rpc file on my Sun NIS master:
>
>sgi_toolkitbus	391001
>sgi_fam         391002
>
>From the "ypcat rpc | egrep 'sgi_fam|sgi_toolkit', I can see that both
>entries are there but I still get the following error messages when I
>try to fire up the Workspace and the System Manager:
>
>Can't connect with file access monitor
>
>What am I doing wrong?

On the iris, use the ypcat or ypmatch commands to verify that these
entries really are being supplied.  Also, use ypwhich to verify who
your server is.  All these commands have man pages describing how to
use them.