Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:44:38 -0400 (EDT) From: damien@carroll.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: conf/21484: 'chown' statement occurs before NIS startup in /etc/rc Message-ID: <200009221944.PAA66935@01.dhcp.hck.carroll.com>
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>Number: 21484 >Category: conf >Synopsis: chown statement in /etc/rc fails if NIS is configured and root is not in passwd >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Sep 22 12:50:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Damien Tougas >Release: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE >Organization: Carroll-Net, Inc. >Environment: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE workstation configured an an NIS client. The /etc/master.password file contains only one entry: +::::::::: The file /etc/group contains only one entry: +:*:: >Description: Workstations takes a very long time to bood due to NIS timeout. The /etc/rc boot script has the following line: chown root:wheel /dev/tty[pqrsPQRS]* This statement occurs before NIS services are started (network_pass2). Because of this, the system will pause for a very long time at boot while it attempts to get the UID/GID from NIS until it times out. >How-To-Repeat: Setup a workstation to act as an NIS client. Install /etc/master.passwd with the following line only: +::::::::: Install /etc/group with the following line only: +:*:: Reboot the system. >Fix: This problem is fixed by moving the 'chown' statement (as described above in /etc/rc) directly after NIS service startup (network_pass2). This allows the chown statement to properly get the UID/GID information it requires from NIS hence avoiding the timeout. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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