Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 14:36:32 +0100 From: "Ahmed Benani" <ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch> To: "Blake R. Swensen" <blake@pyramus.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: vepjan@image.dk Subject: Re : Re : freebsd as NIS-client? Message-ID: <19991206133741.02B9814E15@hub.freebsd.org>
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---------- >De=A0: "Ahmed Benani" <ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch> >=C0 : "Blake R. Swensen" <blake@pyramus.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Cc : vepjan@image.dk >Objet=A0: Re : freebsd as NIS-client? >Date=A0: Lun 6 d=E9c 1999 1:36 > >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: "Blake R. Swensen" <blake@pyramus.com> >>=BF : freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>Cc : vepjan@image.dk >>Objet=DD: Re: freebsd as NIS-client? >>Date=DD: Dim 5 d=C8c 1999 19:54 >> > >>I ran into this same problem (only on all FBSD network). Try adding the >>domain and server name to the ypbind command line... ie. >> >>ypbind -S your.domain,your.NIS.server >> >>also, make sure that your /etc/host.conf file includes nis in the >>resolution order... >> >>#/etc/host.conf >>#Check nis server first >>nis >>#Then check with the DNS server >>bind >>#then look under /etc/hosts last >>hosts >> >>Third, I found that it helps to have an /etc/hosts entry for the server >>on each of the clients... counter to what the host.conf says, it appears >>that some services don't come up fully during re-boot when ypbind is >>called from /etc/rc.conf, and certain clients had a hard time finding my >>master server. >> >>Finally... although the man and documentation says otherwise, I couldn't >>get my clients to attach until I had an entry in /var/yp/securenets on >>the server. This is a good idea anyway... and pretty necessary if your >>clients are coming in different networks. >> >>On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Crist J. Clark wrote: >> >>> 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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