I apologise for the waste of bandwidth; The answer, for any interested parties, is: # vi /etc/init.d/ypbind change # chkconfig: - 27 73 to # chkconfig: - 23 77 then # chkconfig --del ypbind # chkconfig --add ypbind # chkconfig --level 345 ypbind on -G Regards, Gavin McDonald ======================== EVI Logistic Enterprises email: me@xxxxxxxxxxxx phone: (604) 313-3845 > -----Original Message----- > From: Gavin McDonald [mailto:gavitron@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:45 PM > To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' > Subject: RE: NFS won't mount at boot > > Ok, in a classic keyboard-before-brain scenario, I neglected to do a > simple scan of the boot logs; > > Doing so almost certainly points to the boot order, bringing up NFS before > NIS, (and the NAS authenticates via NIS...) > > So to rephrase my earlier post, > > "How do I use chkconfig to start NIS _before_ NFS?" > > -G > > > > Regards, > > Gavin McDonald > ======================== > EVI Logistic Enterprises > email: me@xxxxxxxxxxxx > phone: (604) 313-3845 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gavin McDonald [mailto:gavitron@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:21 PM > > To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' > > Subject: NFS won't mount at boot > > > > Hi, > > > > This may have been asked before, But I can't seem to find the answer by > > google, or my list archives; > > > > I have many RHEL3 machines, each with three NFS mounts from a NAS > device. > > Each machine gets a few identical lines added to /etc/fstab, and they > all > > mount the network drives at boot, as expected. On a batch of machines I > > am building right now, (Same version of RHEL, same /etc/fstab,) the NFS > > mounts wont come up at boot, but a 'mount -a' anytime after boot brings > > the drives up immediately. > > > > I have the NAS device declared in /etc/hosts, and I reference it by name > > in /etc/fstab. /etc/nsswitch contains "hosts: files nis dns" too, yet > > this still smells like a name resolution problem. Have I missed > anything? > > > > I have vague recollections of a fix to this that involved changing > > /etc/rc.d/S files, but I am at a loss to remember, or even locate such a > > thing. Maybe I remember incorrectly...? > > > > Regards, > > > > Gavin McDonald > > ======================== > > EVI Logistic Enterprises > > email: me@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > phone: (604) 313-3845 > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
