From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 4 14:34: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from absinthe2.dyndns.org (adsl-63-207-238-214.dsl.chic01.pacbell.net [63.207.238.214]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42A4437B401 for ; Sat, 4 Aug 2001 14:34:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fred@absinthe2.dyndns.org) Received: (from fred@localhost) by absinthe2.dyndns.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f74LY5P35814 for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 4 Aug 2001 14:34:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fred) Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 14:34:04 -0700 From: Fred Condo To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: NIS newbie question Message-ID: <20010804143404.C35633@absinthe.condo.chico.ca.us> Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am trying to set up NIS for the first time. I followed the recipe in the Handbook, and successfully got the server running and configured. I specifically do not have a securenets file. Yet my client machine can't seem to talk to the server (symptom is infinite hang after entering a user name at the login prompt). I did add the magic +::::::::: and +:*:: entries via vipw and vi /etc/group on the client machine, and I have the domainname set the same on both machines. The one thing I know I am unclear on is whether client and server have to be on the same Ethernet segment. The existence of the concept of a securenets file and tcpwrappers support in NIS seems to imply that they do not. Clues are most welcome. Thanks. -- ______________________________________________________ ( fred@condo.chico.ca.us Repeal the DMCA. Free Dmitry. ) ------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message