NFS Services Administrator's Guide

Troubleshooting NFS Services
Common Problems with NIS+
Chapter 8 327
If You Receive a “Could Not Bind to Server” Message
❏ Issue the following command to make sure your default domain
name does not end with a period:
domainname
❏ In the /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs file, make sure the value of the
NIS_DOMAIN variable does not end with a period.
If You Receive a “Generic System Error” or “Possible
Loop Detected” Message
❏ Make sure you are specifying the correct domain for the operation
you are trying to perform.
Remember that non-root servers are clients of the directory above the
one they serve. If you do not specify a domain when you perform an
operation on a server, the operation is performed on the default domain,
in which the server is a client. To perform an operation on the domain
the server serves, specify the domain name in the command, or set the
NIS_PATH variable so that the first domain in the list is the domain the
server serves. See “To Change the Search Order of Domains” on
page 237.