Knowledge Base

To configure the ypbind service to run:

1. Confirm that the ypbind service is not running:
   # service ypbind status
ypbind is stopped
2. Check whether the service is expected to run:
   # chkconfig --list ypbind
ypbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
   "off" for all levels shows that ypbind is not configured to run.
3. Enable the ypbind service for the next reboot:
   # chkconfig ypbind reset
# chkconfig ypbind on
4. Check whether the service is now enabled:
   # chkconfig --list ypbind
ypbind 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
5. Start the ypbind service for the current uptime:
   # service ypbind start

If the ypbind service fails to start with an error similar to the following, the portmapservice might not be running.
# service ypbind start
Binding to the NIS domain: [ OK ]
Listening for an NIS domain server.rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused
.rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused
...
[FAILED]

To configure the portmap service to run:

1. Confirm that the portmap service is not running:
   # service portmap status
portmap is stopped
2. Check whether portmap is expected to run:
   # chkconfig --list portmap
portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
   "off" for all run levels shows that the portmap service is disabled and not expected to run.
3. Enable the portmap service for the next reboot:
   # chkconfig portmap reset
4. Check whether the service is now enabled:
   # chkconfig --list portmap
portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
5. Start the portmap service for the current uptime:
   # service portmap start
Starting portmapper: [ OK ]
6. Check whether the portmap service is running:
   # service portmap status
portmap (pid 574) is running...

If the ypbind service is still not running, check whether the NIS domain is set by performing the following tasks:

1. Check whether ypbind failed silently because the NIS domain was not set:
   # grep NISDOMAIN /etc/sysconfig/network
#
   Empty output shows that the NIS domain is not set.
2. Enable NIS with the esxcfg-auth command using your site's NIS domain and server names:
   # esxcfg-auth --enablenis --nisdomain example.com --nisserver nisserver.example.com
3. Check the effects of running the esxcfg-auth command:
   # grep -i domain /etc/sysconfig/network /etc/yp.conf
/etc/sysconfig/network:NISDOMAIN=example.com
/etc/yp.conf:domain vmware.com server nisserver.example.com
4. Start the ypbind service for the current uptime:
   # service ypbind start
Setting NIS domain name vmware.com: [ OK ]
Binding to the NIS domain: [ OK ]
Listening for an NIS domain server.
5. Check whether the ypbind service is running:
   # service ypbind status
ypbind (pid 11195) is running...

The portmap and ypbind services should now run and restart automatically on the next system reboot.