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Subject: conf/21484: 'chown' statement occurs before NIS startup in /etc/rc
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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:


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