Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 14:41:35 +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 : Re : freebsd as NIS-client? Message-ID: <19991206134244.4C928152ED@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 : Re : freebsd as NIS-client? >Date=A0: Lun 6 d=E9c 1999 14:36 > > >---------- >>De=DD: "Ahmed Benani" <ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch> >>=BF : "Blake R. Swensen" <blake@pyramus.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>Cc : vepjan@image.dk >>Objet=DD: Re : freebsd as NIS-client? >>Date=DD: Lun 6 d=C8c 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=F0: "Blake R. Swensen" <blake@pyramus.com> >>>=F8 : freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>>Cc : vepjan@image.dk >>>Objet=F0: Re: freebsd as NIS-client? >>>Date=F0: Dim 5 d=BBc 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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