Certain pages in web gui hang at loading... when NIS enabled

[Hawthorn6]

I have a new install of FreeNAS 9.10 running on bare metal. The web gui performance was working fine until I enabled NIS and then some pages like System --> General or Advanced get stuck at Loading.... and then eventually error out. The rest of the web gui pages work fine as expected. If I disable NIS then the problem goes away. Enable NIS and the problem comes back. I have another FreeNAS server the same version and also using NIS that works fine all the time so I don't think it is my connection to the NIS server. I am able to setup datasets and configure almost anything that does not rely on those web gui pages. Thanks for any input.

 

[dlavigne]

Hardware specs? FreeNAS build version (from System -> Information)?

 

[Hawthorn6]

Dell PowerEdge R620
- 256GB Ram
- Dual 2.9Ghz 8 core Processors
- with 4 400GB SSD drives
- Build version FreeNAS-9.10.1-U2 (f045a8b)

The server is being used as just a home directory central location for a small number of users, however the NIS number of user accounts total on the network is probably close to a 1000.

 

[Hawthorn6]

Update: Also when I ssh to the FreeNAS server I enter my username and password and then it waits for about 5 min or so and then gives me the console. It almost seems like it is waiting for something to timeout.

In the web gui now I also have an issue when I am trying to open the "Change Permission" window for a data set it just sits at Loading.... With NIS directory service disabled this pops right up. However on the same configuration on different freeNAS server everything works fine.

 

[Hawthorn6]

After troubleshooting this all day I have found out some new information. For some reason my domain is not binding. If type ypwhich in the shell I get Domain not bound. I have rebuilt the server from scratch just to see what happens and the same problem exists. On my other freeNAS boxes if I type ypwhich I get the NIS server that I connecting to. I am at a loss...any ideas?

 

[dlavigne]

Anything in /var/log/messages?

 

[Hawthorn6]

I finally figured out what the problem was. Since the new FreeNAS box is sitting on a different subnet than the NIS server I had to check the box for "Enable Manycast" even though I do define the NIS server and there is only one specified. Once I did that everything started to work with no delays and ypwhich showed the domain was bound to a NIS server as expected. I should have realized that broadcasts would not have passed the router between subnets, but I didn't understand why it would be broadcasting anyway if I specified the IP address of the NIS server.