From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Mar 8 11: 0:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from feral.com (feral.com [192.67.166.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 680AF37C223 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:00:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mjacob@feral.com) Received: from semuta.feral.com (semuta [192.67.166.70]) by feral.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA17062; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:00:02 -0800 Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:00:07 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob Reply-To: mjacob@feral.com To: "Waite, Michael" Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and NIS In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Let me make this clearer- add to /etc/rc.conf [ stuff below ] /etc/defaults/rc.conf contain the default settings- this file should be readonly. You make overrides in /etc/rc.conf. On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > You have to edit rc.conf to add: > > nisdomainname="DOMAINNAME" > nis_client_enable="YES" > > and possibly > > nis_client_flags="-m -S YPMASTER" > > RedHat only recently (as of 6.0) allowed you a sensible install step for YP. > I'm not sure whether the post-install options for FreeBSD do much in this way > yet. > > > On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Waite, Michael wrote: > > > I have a problem with FreeBSD 4.0 CURRENT runnng as an NIS > > client..................again. > > > > I just did the install from CDrom the other day with the new iso image. > > I basicall told it to install everything under the sun. > > > > It is refusing to authenticate any yp accounts. > > > > Please remind me what the yp config files are again. > > > > Or is it a DESC issue. > > What i am saying is that I did a plain vanilla instal (gimme everything) and > > now I am trying to get it to talk on a very small yp domain that I am taking > > to software developer 2000. > > FreeBSD is the only child that does not want to play. > > What is it about the default install that makes it different than SuSE, and > > RedHat regarding YP? > > > > -----Mike > > > > > > Michael Waite > > Global Partnering Solutions Services > > Compaq Computer Corporation > > 200 Forest Street MRO1-3 /E4 > > Marlboro, Ma 01752 > > 508-467-2289 > > michael.waite@compaq.com > > email pager: 6350361@skytel.com > > skytel pager 1-888-635-0361 > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message