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From: lectroid!mrbt!fmbutt@uunet.uu.net (Farooq Butt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Yellow Pages hates NAMED. Help !!!
Keywords: Networks
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Date: 2 Feb 90 18:40:42 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 29, message 4 of 5

I have a couple of problems on my hands.  I am trying to run both Sun
Yellow Pages and BIND (I believe version 4.8.1).  With much help, I got a
functional nameserver up the Sun and nslookup etc. works great.  Here's
the rub: I thought all I had to do was to start up ypserv with the "-i"
(more on that later) flag and to propagate the hosts.byname and the
hosts.byaddr YP maps with the "-b" flag on makedbm.  I did that.  My yp
topology is one master server (called "lectroid"), many clients and one
slave server (called "blublaze").

Issue 1: When I do a "ypcat ypservers" command, I get two carriage
returns. Period.  No hostnames. No nothing.  This has only started
happening since I have run DNS. What's up ?

Issue 2: Here's the transcript of a session:

Script started on Sat Jan 27 13:08:49 1990
blublaze# hostname
blublaze
blublaze# ypwhich
blublaze-gw.sw.stratus.com
blublaze# ypxfr -f -h lectroid hosts.byname
blublaze# ypxfr -f -h lectroid hosts.byaddr
ypxfr(get_misc_recs) RPC call to lectroid failed: RPC: Timed out
blublaze# 
script done on Sat Jan 27 13:10:17 1990

How come the first "ypxfr" call works and the second bombs out ?  What
does the RPC error message refer to ?  

Issue 3: I can never seem to get "ypset" to work anymore.  I keep getting
told that I cannot send some message to ypbind on the master server.
What's going on ?  This problem is particularly bad since I can never seem
to dynamically change YP servers!!!!!

Issue 4: I keep thinking that I have missed some crucial step here. Is
this true or am I slowly going mad?  

Issue 5: Can YP/BIND even live together or is this a fantasy ?

Issue 6: Where in the lord's name is the "-i" flag on ypserv documented ?
The Sun man pages never talk about *any* flags to either ypbind OR
ypserv.....

Issue 7: Could someone puuuuleeeze send me a check list for doing this if
one exists.  Currently my system resembles the folowing equation:
Functional BIND + Functional YP = DISASTER

Thanks a lot for your attention. 
I throw myself at your mercy,

Farooq Butt
fmbutt@mrbt.sw.stratus.com