NFS Services Administrator's Guide

NIS+ Error Messages
Appendix A 375
**ERROR: NIS+ server is not running on remote-host. You must do the
following before becoming a NIS+ server: 1. become a NIS+ client of
the parent domain or any domain above the domain which you plan to
serve. (nisclient) 2. start the NIS+ server. (rpc.nisd)
This message indicates that rpc.nisd is not running on the remote
machine that you are trying to convert to an NIS+ server. Use the
nisclient script to become an NIS+ client of the parent domain or any
domain above the domain you plan to serve. Start rpc.nisd on
remote-host.
**ERROR: nisinit failed.
nisinit was unable to create the NIS_COLD_START file.
Check the following:
•Use ping(1M) to check that the NIS+ server that you specified with
the -H option is running.
• Make sure you typed the correct domain name.
•Make sure rpc.nisd is running on the server.
• Make sure the nobody class has read permission for this domain.
**ERROR: NIS map transfer failed. tablename table will not be loaded.
NIS+ was unable to transfer the NIS map for this table to the NIS+
database.
• If the NIS server host is running, try running the script again. The
error may have been due to a temporary failure.
• If all tables have this problem, try running the script again using a
different NIS server.
**ERROR: no permission to create directory domainname
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.
**ERROR: no permission to replicate directory domainname.
This message indicates that you do not have permission to replicate the
domain. Rerun the script as the owner or as a group member of the
domain.