From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 6 5:35:33 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 1E55B14D5A for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 05:35:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch) Received: (qmail 703 invoked from network); 6 Dec 1999 13:35:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?195.202.204.137?) (195.202.204.137) by monterosa.urbanet.ch with SMTP; 6 Dec 1999 13:35:25 -0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express for Macintosh - 4.01 (295) Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 14:34:18 +0100 Subject: Re : 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: <19991206133527.1E55B14D5A@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ---------- >De=A0: "Ahmed Benani" >=C0 : cjclark@home.com, vepjan@image.dk >Cc : freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Objet=A0: Re : freebsd as NIS-client? >Date=A0: Lun 6 d=E9c 1999 1:37 > >STOP SENDING YOUR MESSAGES I RECEIVED MORE THAN 200 PER DAY AND I NEVER >SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR LIST: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION >ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch >---------- >>De=DD: "Crist J. Clark" >>=BF : vepjan@image.dk >>Cc : freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>Objet=DD: Re: freebsd as NIS-client? >>Date=DD: Dim 5 d=C8c 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message