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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 14:20:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To: Stephan Szabo <sszabo@io.com>
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Subject: Re: Question about ypbind
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On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Stephan Szabo wrote:

> 
> 	We have been attempting to install NIS on a FreeBSD 2.1.5R system
> and have run into a problem with ypbind.  When it is run, it dies on a
> SIGSEGV.  Going through gdb a bit gave us the following:
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 
> rpc_received (dom=0xefbfd538 "\025:\006\b\207\002", raddrp=0xefbfd528, 
>     force=0) at ypbind.c:773
> 773                     switch(ypdb->dom_default) {
> (gdb) bt
> #0  rpc_received (dom=0xefbfd538 "\025:\006\b\207\002", 
>     raddrp=0xefbfd528, force=0) at ypbind.c:773
> #1  0x20d1 in handle_children (ypdb=0xa080) at ypbind.c:537
> #2  0x1f9d in main (argc=1, argv=0xefbfddc8) at ypbind.c:490
> 
> 
> The first parameter to rpc_received seems like random noise, and doesn't
> match any entry in the ypbindlist, which appears to cause the actual
> crash.
> We were wondering if there was a known reason/fix for this, or what the
> best way to handle this problem would be. 
> 
> Thank you for your time.
> 
> Stephan Szabo
> 
> 
> 
> 

  Works fine for me.

  What params are you running ypbind with?  What kind of server is ypbind
binding too (or trying to bind to)?

Tom