NFS Services Administrator's Guide

NIS+ Error Messages
Appendix A372
Error in accessing NIS+ cold start file is NIS+ installed?
This message is returned if NIS+ is not installed on a machine, or if for
some reason the file /var/nis/NIS_COLD_START could not be found or
accessed. Check to see if there is a /var/nis/NIS_COLD_START file. If the
file exists, make sure your path is set correctly and that NIS_COLD_START
has the proper permissions. Then rename or remove the old coldstart file
and rerun the nisclient script to install NIS+ on the machine.
This message is generated by the cache manager that sends the NIS+
error code constant NIS_COLDSTART_ERR. See the write(2) and open(2)
man pages for additional information on why a file might not be
accessible.
Error in RPC subsystem
This fatal error indicates the RPC subsystem failed in some way.
Generally, there will be a syslog message on either the client or server
side indicating why the RPC request failed.
This message is generated by the NIS+ error code constant
NIS_RPCERROR. See the nis_tables(3N) and nis_names(3N) man pages
for more information.
**ERROR: it failed to add the credential for root.
The NIS+ command nisaddcred failed to create the root credential when
trying to set up a root master server. Check your system console for
system error messages.
• If there is a system error message, fix the problem described in the
error message and then rerun nisserver.
• If there aren’t any system error messages, check to see whether the
rpc.nisd process is running. If it is not running, restart it and then
rerun nisserver.
**ERROR: it failed to create the tables.
The NIS+ command nissetup failed to create the directories and tables.
Check your system console for system error messages.
• If there is a system error message, fix the problem described in the
error message and rerun nisserver.
• If there aren’t any system error messages, check to see whether the
rpc.nisd process is running. If it is not running, restart it and rerun
nisserver.