Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 16:22:43 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: John Woodruff <jjw@admin.us.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: strange nis/application problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902271621430.16486-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <36D7051F.7A90B7FA@admin.us.net>
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On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, John Woodruff wrote: > Steve Hovey wrote: > > While the boxes would let a NIS based user log in - pine reported it > > couldnt figure out who a nis user was, and wouldnt expand the to: line > > names of people that were NIS based > > [...] > > I wrote test programs to work out the getpw.. routines - and they > > were fine. > > Were you doing it as root or not? The FreeBSD nis client looks at > different maps depending on whether you are running as root; and the > FreeBSD ypserv gives different answers depending on whether the > request comes from a <1024 port or not. > Either way - it wasnt a nis problem - but apparently a string lib issue of some sort in libc.so.2.2 > > I overwrote the ones on 2.2.5 with the one from 2.1.5 and the problem > > cleared. > > Yikes! Who wants to enumerate the differences in the libc.so's ?? I only posted in case someone else gets chewed and slammed and cant figure out why. > -- > John Woodruff, Sr. Network Engineer, US Net - 301-361-USNET > Washington/Baltimore/Richmond ISP - $6.95/month for full PPP! > PGP KeyFP: 66 18 1A 4E 55 08 40 E2 C7 B1 F2 D1 81 12 6D BF > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Hovey Chief Network Administrator BuffNET More Than Just a Connection! ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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