NIS not working

[Andrey M]

Binary package hint: nis

This is on Ubuntu 9.04 for x86_64

at boot up
YP bind fails.

then at GDM,
NIS terminal login does not work

temporary fix:
login as root, log out, and then NIS does work

permanent fix:
in /etc/rc2.d/, move nis and gdm after NetworkManager
in my case, I have
S50NetworkManager

so I had to move NIS and and GDM to
S51nis
S52gdm

$ lsb_release --all
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
Codename: jaunty

$ apt-cache policy nis
nis:
  Installed: 3.17-17ubuntu1
  Candidate: 3.17-17ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 3.17-17ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[banshee (banshee-dreamwiz)]

so i have a similar problem but a little different
i have installed ubuntu 9.04 and i can not login using my account but can login as root
before i had ubuntu 8.10 and i had the same problem, i would reboot my computer and i could not login as myself but if I login as root them logout then login as myself it would work.
but after installing 9.04 this would not work, the only way i could login as myself is if i login as root then DO NOT logout but switch user then login as myself. If i logout of root then i can not login as myself.
can anyone help me with this? I have tried the solution mentioned above (although it is for a different problem) and of course it did not solve the issue. i am a novice at this so please explain in an easy to understand language. appreciate it! thanks.

[Andrey M (andrey.mrt.)]

I found that reshuffling the service startup order fixed the issue for me, if you feel comfortable, give it a try and report back

permanent fix:
in /etc/rc2.d/, move nis and gdm after NetworkManager
in my case, I have
S50NetworkManager

so I had to move NIS and and GDM to
S51nis
S52gdm

[banshee (banshee-dreamwiz)]

yeah i tried that and it still didnt help.... :(

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Andrey M" <email address hidden>
>To: <email address hidden>
>Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:47:25 -0000
>Subject: [Bug 372426] Re: NIS not working
>
>I found that reshuffling the service startup order fixed the issue for
>me, if you feel comfortable, give it a try and report back
>
>permanent fix:
>in /etc/rc2.d/, move nis and gdm after NetworkManager
>in my case, I have
>S50NetworkManager
>
>so I had to move NIS and and GDM to
>S51nis
>S52gdm
>
>--
>NIS not working
>https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/372426
>You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>of the bug.
>
>Status in “nis” package in Ubuntu: New
>
>Bug description:
>Binary package hint: nis
>
>This is on Ubuntu 9.04 for x86_64
>
>at boot up
>YP bind fails.
>
>then at GDM,
>NIS terminal login does not work
>
>temporary fix:
>login as root, log out, and then NIS does work
>
>permanent fix:
>in /etc/rc2.d/, move nis and gdm after NetworkManager
>in my case, I have
>S50NetworkManager
>
>so I had to move NIS and and GDM to
>S51nis
>S52gdm
>
>
>$ lsb_release --all
>No LSB modules are available.
>Distributor ID: Ubuntu
>Description: Ubuntu 9.04
>Release: 9.04
>Codename: jaunty
>
>$ apt-cache policy nis
>nis:
> Installed: 3.17-17ubuntu1
> Candidate: 3.17-17ubuntu1
> Version table:
> *** 3.17-17ubuntu1 0
> 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>

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[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

Hi,

Is this still a problem?

Regards
chuck

[banshee (banshee-dreamwiz)]

yup, i could not fix it so i gave up and
i just login as root, change user and login as myself.
it slows the computer down but it works.....
i would like to know of a fix if there is one..
thanks

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chuck Short" <email address hidden>
>To: <email address hidden>
>Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:15:06 -0000
>Subject: [Bug 372426] Re: NIS not working
>
>Hi,
>
>Is this still a problem?
>
>Regards
>chuck
>
>** Changed in: nis (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
>** Changed in: nis (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
>--
>NIS not working
>https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/372426
>You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>of the bug.
>
>Status in “nis” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
>Bug description:
>Binary package hint: nis
>
>This is on Ubuntu 9.04 for x86_64
>
>at boot up
>YP bind fails.
>
>then at GDM,
>NIS terminal login does not work
>
>temporary fix:
>login as root, log out, and then NIS does work
>
>permanent fix:
>in /etc/rc2.d/, move nis and gdm after NetworkManager
>in my case, I have
>S50NetworkManager
>
>so I had to move NIS and and GDM to
>S51nis
>S52gdm
>
>
>$ lsb_release --all
>No LSB modules are available.
>Distributor ID: Ubuntu
>Description: Ubuntu 9.04
>Release: 9.04
>Codename: jaunty
>
>$ apt-cache policy nis
>nis:
> Installed: 3.17-17ubuntu1
> Candidate: 3.17-17ubuntu1
> Version table:
> *** 3.17-17ubuntu1 0
> 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>

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[Arunas (aris020)]

11.10 keeps freezing randomly with NIS enabled if the interface is not in /etc/network/interfaces as "auto" - I presume network-manager enables it just for the user session and times it out when no user is logged in? It works for a short period of time after reboot and if users keep logging in, but freezes up after any significant idle period.

I had troubles even shutting the system down until I moved eth0 control to /etc/network/interfaces. This should be part of package configuration script (as well as adding NIS to /etc/nsswitch.conf), I suppose.