Ubuntu
nis package

  1. Bug #23182
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 23182

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Jesper Krogh (jesper) wrote :

The amd64 NIS slave fails to load when the server is on x86. A summary of the
bug is at the debian-buglist

http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2005/01/msg00178.html

It transfers the maps an works fully but complaints about the transfer of the maps:
Trying ypxfrd ...rpc.ypxfrd doesn't support the needed database type
call to rpc.ypxfrd failed: RPC: Can't decode result

 (failed, fallback to enumeration)

Transferring netgroup.byhost...
Trying ypxfrd ...rpc.ypxfrd doesn't support the needed database type
call to rpc.ypxfrd failed: RPC: Can't decode result

 (failed, fallback to enumeration)

Transferring netgroup...
Trying ypxfrd ...rpc.ypxfrd doesn't support the needed database type
call to rpc.ypxfrd failed: RPC: Can't decode result

 (failed, fallback to enumeration)

Transferring auto.local...
Trying ypxfrd ...rpc.ypxfrd doesn't support the needed database type
call to rpc.ypxfrd failed: RPC: Can't decode result

I can confirm that it works flawless on an x86<->x86 setup.