Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 10:37:15 -0500 From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> To: Jens Gerlach Christensen <jechrist@dscc.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD as NIS Client Message-ID: <199912091537.KAA06533@benge.graphics.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: Message from Jens Gerlach Christensen <jechrist@dscc.dk> of "Thu, 09 Dec 1999 13:14:47 %2B0100." <384F9D36.81DA1C51@dscc.dk>
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>I wrote 4 days ago to get some help on setting up my freebsd 3.3 as a >NIS client. >Thanks for the replys, but they didn't help. >Anyway. I found the problem, or at least the answer: >The loopback adapter lo0 wasn't configured as localhost. >So I added ifconfig_lo0="127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0" >and nis started working. > >I'd like to know the explanation to this, so if anyone can point me to >some >documentation, I'd be very glad. > >Howcome lo0 isn't setup during normal installation? It's a 3.3R bug. See http://www.freebsd.org/releases/3.3R/errata.html -Mitch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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