Date: 07 Feb 1999 18:26:02 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS woes Message-ID: <xzp7ltuunv9.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Bill Paul's message of "Sun, 7 Feb 1999 12:25:40 -0500 (EST)" References: <199902071725.MAA15845@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>
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Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> writes: > Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Dag-Erling > Smorgrav had to walk into mine and say: > > Luna, however, seems absolutely allergic to NIS. Everything is > > configured correctly as far as I can see > [chop] > > Sure, that's what they all say. The N in NIS stands for Network. This > means that you should be concentrating your diagnostic efforts on the > network. Are you using an insane amount of IP aliases? Did you try > to run tcpdump on the interface that connects the two machines together? > From both sides? Are your netmasks correct? > > Did you check to see if 'domainname' returns the correct information? Yes to most of the above. Tcpdump does not work on PLIP links, and I do not use IP aliases at all. Network problems would not explain why rpcinfo, ypset and ypwhich hang. > > Running the server in debug mode shows absolutely no activity of any > > kind from luna. There's nothing wrong with the network connection > > (LPIP); > I don't believe you. Like I said: run tcpdump on both sides. See if > you actually have traffic pertaining to NIS travelling between the > two machines. If you don't believe me, that's your problem. You might want to try adopting a more positive attitude. > What the hell is LPIP anyway. A typo for PLIP (parallell line IP) > > Any suggestions? > Tcpdump, tcpdump and more tcpdump. Useless on PLIP links. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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