NFS Services Administrator's Guide

NIS+ Error Messages
Appendix A 373
**ERROR: it failed to initialize the root server.
The NIS+ command nisinit -r failed to initialize the 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 rerun nisserver.
**ERROR: it failed to make the domainname directory
The NIS+ command nismkdir failed to make the new directory
domainname when running nisserver to create a non-root master. The
parent domain does not have create permission to create this new
domain.
• If you are not the owner of the domain or a group member of the
parent domain, rerun the script as the owner or as a group member
of the parent domain.
•If rpc.nisd is not running on the new master server of the domain
that you are trying to create, restart rpc.nisd.
**ERROR: it failed to promote new master for the domainname directory
The NIS+ command nismkdir failed to promote the new master for the
directory domainname when creating a non-root master with the
nisserver script.
• If you do not have modify permission in the parent domain of this
domain, rerun the script as the owner or as a group member of the
parent domain.
•If rpc.nisd is not running on the servers of the domain that you are
trying to promote, restart rpc.nisd on these servers and rerun
nisserver.
**ERROR: it failed to replicate the directory-name directory
The NIS+ command nismkdir failed to create the new replica for the
directory directory-name.
•If rpc.nisd is not running on the master server of the domain that
you are trying to replicate, restart rpc.nisd on the master server,
and rerun nisserver.
•If rpc.nisd is not running on the new replica server, restart it on the
new replica and rerun nisserver.
**ERROR: invalid group name. It must be a group in the root-domain
domain.