Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 18:39:06 +0100 From: Norman Gray <gray@nxg.name> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: ypldap and ypserv -- frenemies? Message-ID: <90F7E969-FBC8-4CD9-A62B-D2E84B8953ED@nxg.name>
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Greetings.
I'm trying to use ypldap, to ease one stage in a move away from NIS. I h=
ave a test/transitional configuration which works when I invoke ypldap wi=
th the -d flag (which avoids daemonisation), but which _doesn't_ work whe=
n I invoke it the expected way, daemonised.
'Doesn't work' here, means that a client querying the daemonised ypldap s=
erver gets a 'do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Unable to receive; errno =3D Con=
nection refused' response. It gets a normal working response when it que=
ries the undaemonised one.
I'm perplexed at why this should be so. It's _presumably_ something to d=
o with the permissions of the _ypldap user, but I haven't done anything c=
lever there.
I've confirmed that the _ypldap user can do the relevant LDAP lookup.
An odd thing is that the /etc/rc.d/ypldap script includes
ypldap_precmd()
{
force_depend ypserv nis_server || return 1
}
That seems to include a dependency on ypserv, but as the ypldap(8) manpag=
e very intelligibly notes, 'ypldap has the same role as ypserv(8) and the=
two daemons are exclusive.' And when I try to start ypldap that way, I =
get a warning
/etc/rc.d/ypserv: WARNING: NIS domainname(1) is not set.
but ypserv does start. If I do the basic configuration to let ypserv sta=
rt without error, I still don't get a working response from ypldap (and I=
don't really expect to in that case).
The only online commentary I can find is at [1], from 2016, which seems t=
o be reporting similar behaviour.
I feel I'm substantially misunderstanding something. Any ideas?
Best wishes,
Norman
[1] https://groups.google.com/g/muc.lists.freebsd.stable/c/nO0NMaSbD7o
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