NFS Services Administrator's Guide

NIS+ Error Messages
Appendix A 399
WARNING: nisupdkeys failed on directory directory-name
You will need to run nisupdkeys manually:
1. /usr/lib/nis/nisupdkeys directory-name
The NIS+ command nisupdkeys failed to update the keys in the listed
directory object. Use the nisupdkeys command to update the keys
manually.
**WARNING: once this script is executed, you will not be able to
restore the existing NIS+ server environment. However, you can
restore your NIS+ client environment using “nisclient -r” with the
proper domainname and server information. Use “nisclient -r” to
restore your NIS+ client environment.
These messages appear if you have already run the script at least once
before to set up an NIS+ server. They indicate that NIS+ related files will
be removed and recreated as needed if you decide to continue running
this script.
• If it is all right for these NIS+ files to be removed, continue running
the script.
• If you want to save these NIS+ files, exit the script by typing n at the
Do you want to continue? prompt. Then save the NIS+ files in a
different directory and rerun the script.
**WARNING: this script removes directories and files related to NIS+
under /var/nis directory with the exception of the NIS_COLD_START
and NIS_SHARED_DIRCACHE files which will be renamed to
<file>.no_nisplus. If you want to save these files, you should abort
from this script now to save these files first.
See the message above for an explanation.
**WARNING: you must specify the NIS domainname.
**WARNING: you must specify the NIS server hostname. Please try
again.
These messages indicates that you did not type the NIS domain name at
the prompt. Type the NIS server domain name at the prompt.
Window verifier mismatch
This is a debugging message generated by the _svcauth_des code. A
verifier could be invalid because a key was flushed out of the cache.
When this occurs, _svcauth_des returns the AUTH_BADCRED status.