From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 5 16:38:20 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monterosa.urbanet.ch (monterosa.urbanet.ch [195.202.193.104]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 125EA15002 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 1999 16:38:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch) Received: (qmail 26810 invoked from network); 6 Dec 1999 00:38:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?195.202.204.137?) (195.202.204.137) by monterosa.urbanet.ch with SMTP; 6 Dec 1999 00:38:16 -0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express for Macintosh - 4.01 (295) Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 01:37:09 +0100 Subject: Re : freebsd as NIS-client? From: "Ahmed Benani" To: cjclark@home.com, vepjan@image.dk Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <19991206003818.125EA15002@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG STOP SENDING YOUR MESSAGES I RECEIVED MORE THAN 200 PER DAY AND I NEVER UBSCRIBE TO YOUR LIST: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch ---------- >De=A0: "Crist J. Clark" >=C0 : vepjan@image.dk >Cc : freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Objet=A0: Re: freebsd as NIS-client? >Date=A0: Dim 5 d=E9c 1999 19:42 > >vepjan@image.dk wrote, >> >> I have problems using my freebsd-3.3 box as a NIS client. >[snip] >> >> On freebsd I did this: >> domainname "the right domain" >> ypbind >> >> As far as I understand I should then be able to >> get a host by issuing >> ypwhich > >IIRC, ypwhich does not actually _do_ anything, it just spits back the >server that ypbind has found. > >> But it runs for about 2 minuttes (and then i cancel it). > >Hmmm... > >> I've browsed this mailing list to find answers/directions >> for the setup. All I found was "man nis" and reading this >> didn't help. >> >> The master is a Digital Unix 4.0d. > >Is the server on the same LAN? >-- >Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message