com.apple.nis.ypbind - help

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com.apple.nis.ypbind - help

I'm seeing heaps of these in the system and console logs:

Oct 27 18:12:55 imac24 com.apple.nis.ypbind[2590]: Domainname not set. Aborting.
Oct 27 18:12:55 imac24 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.nis.ypbind[2590]): Exited with exit code: 1
Oct 27 18:12:55 imac24 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.nis.ypbind): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

iMac Intel 24", Macbook 2.0GHz & iMac G5 2GHz, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Oct 27, 2007 1:17 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 27, 2007 5:55 AM in response to sydlow

I am seeing this as well.

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sydlow Author

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Oct 27, 2007 6:13 AM in response to Bill Backstrom

here's how I fixed it. In terminal, type:

sudo domainname example.com (or whatever domain name you want to be)

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wiretrip

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Oct 27, 2007 7:33 AM in response to sydlow

A better fix would be to disable NIS using the Directory Utility. However it appears that in Leopard you can no longer disable it. It is grayed out for me though I can edit it. So for now creating a fake domain name appears to be the workaround.

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sydlow Author

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Oct 27, 2007 3:54 PM in response to wiretrip

Yes, agree - I've been looking for the replacement of the old Netinfo Manager - but can't find anything.

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Oct 27, 2007 3:56 PM in response to sydlow

There is no replacement to NetInfo manager... NetInfo is gone as of Leopard.

What specifically are you trying to do?

The NIS stuff indicates there's something set in Directory Utility... if you're not using NIS, you can delete any entries there (was this an upgrade install?).

If you want to tweak some user settings that used to require NetInfo manager, you can tweak the flat files. You can also change a number of user settings (User ID, groups, etc.) by right clicking on an account in the accounts pane... an "Advanced Settings..." option will pop up.

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sydlow Author

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Oct 27, 2007 3:59 PM in response to William Lloyd

I looked everywhere but can't anything in Directory Utility. I just want to turn it off!

Te "BSD Flat File and NIS" service is checked bu greyed out so I can't deselect it.

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Answer 7

Oct 27, 2007 4:01 PM in response to sydlow

You have to authenticate to be able to change any entries. Click the lock, enter username/password, and then delete it.

That's definitely your problem.

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sydlow Author

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Oct 28, 2007 12:50 AM in response to William Lloyd

Authenticating doesn't allow me to disable NIS - it's still greyed out.

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sydlow Author

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Oct 30, 2007 4:35 PM in response to sydlow

Got a workaround or even a fix. There's a file on my setup /etc/defaultdomain that appears to cause ypbind to start. The file is blank, so I renamed/deleted it and now when the Mac restarts launchd doesn't try to start ypbind.

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Arkham

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Nov 4, 2007 5:04 AM in response to sydlow

Wow thanks. I can't imagine how you discovered this, however... (?)

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Answer 11

Nov 15, 2007 2:08 PM in response to sydlow

Open directory utility- preferences. Untick look for mac os x servers at launch.

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mert

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Nov 15, 2007 4:29 PM in response to sydlow

I fixed this by:
Opening Directory Utility.
Click padlock and authenticate.
Click Show Advanced settings.
Click Services in the title bar.
Select BSD Flat File and NIS.
Click the pencil (above the padlock).
Enter (without the quotes): "local." in the Domain name field.
Click OK.
Click Apply.
The Console messages then stopped coming out.

[EDIT] Actually, this only changed the message to: YP server for domain local. not responding, still trying

Message was edited by: mert

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Answer 13

Nov 15, 2007 4:38 PM in response to sydlow

I suspect this file is left over from earlier installations. It existed when I did an upgrade install, but not when I did a erase and install. So I think removing the file is a good solution.

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Answer 14

Nov 28, 2007 8:13 PM in response to sydlow

Deleting the /etc/defaultdomain file worked for me too - didn't even need to log out or restart, as, presumably, launchd is periodically testing for the presence of this file, and if it ain't there it don't do anything.

This is on an archive and install, so not sure how I ended up with this file if others aren't seeing it on an archive and install.

Sean

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Answer 15

Nov 28, 2007 9:29 PM in response to mert

This seemed to stop if for me as well for a bit, then after a reboot it started up again with the new error as well:

Nov 28 21:13:04 dualg4 ypbind[533]: dead domain local.
Nov 28 21:13:14 dualg4 com.apple.DirectoryServices[23]: YP server for domain local. not responding, still trying

I wonder if I should set the domain to my machine's FQDN...?

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