hosts.org_dir: NIS+ servers unreachable

Cause

This is the third of three messages that an NIS+ client prints when it cannot locate an NIS+ server on the network.

Action

If other NIS+ clients are behaving normally, check the Ethernet cabling on the workstation showing this message. On SPARC machines, disconnected network cabling also produces a series of "no carrier" messages. On x86 machines, the NIS+ messages might be your only indication that network cabling is disconnected.

If many NIS+ clients on the network are giving this message, go to the NIS+ server in question and reboot or repair it, as necessary. When the server machine is back in operation, NIS+ clients will give an "NIS server for domain OK" message.