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CIFS users getting permission denied with NIS showing Could not connect to server

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NIS
  • CIFS

Issue

  • CIFS users are getting permission denied error while  accessing CIFS shares. 
  • The NIS domain bound status shows "Could not connect to server".
Cluster::*> vserver services name-service nis-domain show-bound-debug  -vserver svm1
                                  Bound             Bound
Vserver       Domain              NIS Server        Status
------------- ------------------- ----------------- -------------------
svm1          ntap.local          10.10.10.20       Could not connect to server
  • Following event is observed in the EMS log.
Mon Jun 29 01:17:11 +0200 [node1: ypbind: nis.server.not.available:error]: None of the NIS servers configured for SVM 'svm1' can be contacted.
  • ypbind log shows "RPC client creation failure event".
0000001f.00821ed0 0a5f2f01 Wed Dec 20 2023 15:35:49  01:00 [kern_ypbind:warning:7031] yp_ping.cc 331 __yp_ping_proto: RPC client creation failed for Vserver 3 and NIS server 10.10.10.20. Error = 14
0000001f.00821ed1 0a5f2f0b Wed Dec 20 2023 15:35:50  01:00 [kern_ypbind:warning:7031] yp_ping.cc 331 __yp_ping_proto: RPC client creation failed for Vserver 3 and NIS server 10.10.10.20. Error = 14

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