From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 5 14:49:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFFFC16A4BF; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 14:49:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA94043FE5; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 14:49:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) id h85LnHjb016433; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 16:49:17 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 16:49:17 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: Ruslan Ermilov Message-ID: <20030905214917.GD3360@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20030905194702.GA81946@sunbay.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030905194702.GA81946@sunbay.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rpc.ypxfrd(8) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 21:49:18 -0000 In the last episode (Sep 05), Ruslan Ermilov said: > Is there anybody out there who successfully uses the rpc.ypxfrd(8) > server to speed up distribution of NIS maps, either on 4.x or 5.x? > I have trouble getting it to work. Seems to work for me, although it might be failing and falling back to a regular ypxfr for all I know. If I run rpc.ypxfrd on the server, then run chfn and change my name, lastcomm shows that rpc.ypxfrd forks a couple times, and the client's map is updated. -current server, 4.1 client. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com