From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 25 09:27:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA01285 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 09:27:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from toth.ferginc.com (toth.ferginc.com [205.139.23.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA01274 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 09:27:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost by toth.ferginc.com (You/Wish) with SMTP id MAA01187; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 12:23:23 -0400 (EDT) Posted-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 12:23:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 12:22:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Branson Matheson X-Sender: branson@toth.hq.ferg.com Reply-To: Branson Matheson To: John-Mark Gurney cc: Chuck Robey , FreeBSD-Hackers Subject: Re: NIS In-Reply-To: <19970625054033.30384@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 25 Jun 1997, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > Chuck Robey scribbled this message on Jun 25: > > On Wed, 25 Jun 1997, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > > concerned with the db files, I'm worried about the method that the slave > > server would use if it couldn't find the master, when it boots. I'm > > well.. the slave server will just server out the data it has stored > locally... it assumes that the master server notifies it when the > maps needs to be updated... Basically... have the slaves bind to _themselves_. they will get updated automatically from the master. that way they can boot regardless of the state of the master. - branson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Branson Matheson " If you are falling off of a mountain, System Administrator You may as well try to fly." Ferguson Enterprises - Delenn, Mimbari Ambassador