From owner-freebsd-current Sun Feb 7 09:26:14 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA18094 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 09:26:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA18083 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 09:26:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from des@flood.ping.uio.no) Received: (from des@localhost) by flood.ping.uio.no (8.9.2/8.9.1) id SAA88043; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 18:26:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from des) To: Bill Paul Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS woes References: <199902071725.MAA15845@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 07 Feb 1999 18:26:02 +0100 In-Reply-To: Bill Paul's message of "Sun, 7 Feb 1999 12:25:40 -0500 (EST)" Message-ID: Lines: 43 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bill Paul writes: > Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Dag-Erling > Smorgrav had to walk into mine and say: > > Luna, however, seems absolutely allergic to NIS. Everything is > > configured correctly as far as I can see > [chop] > > Sure, that's what they all say. The N in NIS stands for Network. This > means that you should be concentrating your diagnostic efforts on the > network. Are you using an insane amount of IP aliases? Did you try > to run tcpdump on the interface that connects the two machines together? > From both sides? Are your netmasks correct? > > Did you check to see if 'domainname' returns the correct information? Yes to most of the above. Tcpdump does not work on PLIP links, and I do not use IP aliases at all. Network problems would not explain why rpcinfo, ypset and ypwhich hang. > > Running the server in debug mode shows absolutely no activity of any > > kind from luna. There's nothing wrong with the network connection > > (LPIP); > I don't believe you. Like I said: run tcpdump on both sides. See if > you actually have traffic pertaining to NIS travelling between the > two machines. If you don't believe me, that's your problem. You might want to try adopting a more positive attitude. > What the hell is LPIP anyway. A typo for PLIP (parallell line IP) > > Any suggestions? > Tcpdump, tcpdump and more tcpdump. Useless on PLIP links. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message