NFS Services Administrator's Guide

NIS+ Error Messages
Appendix A398
**WARNING: alias-hostname is an alias name for host
canonical_hostname. You cannot create credential for host alias.
This message indicates that you have typed a host alias in the name list
for nisclient -c. The script asks you if you want to create the
credential for the canonical host name, since you should not create
credentials for host alias names.
**WARNING: file directory-path/tablename does not exist!
tablename table will not be loaded.
The script was unable to find the input file for tablename.
•If directory-path/tablename is spelled incorrectly, rerun the script
with the correct table name.
•If directory-path/tablename file does not exist, create and update
this file with the proper data. Then rerun the script to populate this
table.
**WARNING: NIS auto.master map conversion failed. auto.master table
will not be loaded.
The auto.master map conversion failed while trying to convert all the
dots to underscores in the auto_master table. Rerun the script with a
different NIS server.
**WARNING: NIS netgroup map conversion failed. netgroup table will
not be loaded.
The netgroup map conversion failed while trying to convert the NIS
domain name to the NIS+ domain name in the netgroup map. Rerun the
script with a different NIS server.
**WARNING: nisupdkeys failed on directory domainname. This script
will not be able to continue. Please remove the domainname directory
using ‘nisrmdir’.
The NIS+ command nisupdkeys failed to update the keys in the listed
directory object. If rpc.nisd is not running on the new master server
that is supposed to serve this new domain, restart rpc.nisd. Then use
nisrmdir to remove the domainname directory. Finally, rerun nisserver.