Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 12:45:42 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIS Message-ID: <XFMail.990221124542.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <199902210309.WAA15912@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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On 21-Feb-99 Crist J. Clark wrote: > Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote, >> On 20-Feb-99 Crist J. Clark wrote: >> > Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote, >> FreeBSD daemon.ninth-circle.org 4.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT #12: Sun >> Feb 14 19:24:39 CET 1999 >> asmodai@daemon.ninth-circle.org:/work/FreeBSD/src/sys/compile/DAEMON >> i386 >> >> [asmodai@daemon] (24) $ grep ^nis rc.conf >> nisdomainname="ninth-circle" # Set to NIS domain if using NIS >> (or NO). >> nis_client_enable="NO" # We're an NIS client (or NO). >> nis_client_flags="" # Flags to ypbind (if enabled). > > The server is not a client to itself? Not for now, was first wanting to get the server part working as it should be, not much use for a clientside with the current problem =) >> nis_ypset_enable="NO" # Run ypset at boot time (or NO). >> nis_ypset_flags="" # Flags to ypset (if enabled). >> nis_server_enable="YES" # We're an NIS server (or NO). >> nis_server_flags="" # Flags to ypserv (if enabled). >> nis_ypxfrd_enable="NO" # Run rpc.ypxfrd at boot time (or NO). >> nis_ypxfrd_flags="" # Flags to rpc.ypxfrd (if enabled). >> nis_yppasswdd_enable="YES" # Run rpc.yppasswdd at boot time (or >> NO). >> nis_yppasswdd_flags="-t /var/yp/master.passwd -v" # Flags to >> rpc.yppasswdd (if enabled). > ^^ > This is good. Do you get any info? Perhaps I should have asked > initially, why do you think that yppasswdd is hanging in the > first place? OK, ye know the boot process of starting daemons? rpc.yppasswdd takes far too long to my taste, I mean 5-10 minutes? I have to CTRL-C it to continue booting. >> So we also need an ll from /var/yp: >> >> [asmodai@daemon] (29) $ ll >> total 43 >> 1 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel - 512 Feb 20 23:49 ./ >> 1 drwxr-xr-x 19 root wheel - 512 Dec 30 23:18 ../ >> 18 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 18126 Feb 16 20:23 Makefile >> 18 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 18126 Feb 15 02:29 Makefile.dist >> 2 -rw------- 1 root wheel - 1249 Feb 20 13:17 master.passwd >> 1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel - 512 Feb 20 13:17 ninth-circle/ >> 2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel - 1064 Feb 20 13:17 passwd >> 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel - 0 Feb 16 20:41 ypservers >> >> ypservers is empty since there's only one server, > > Does the master need to have itself listed in ypservers? As far as I know/knew not. But as the follow-up mail from John points out: it might be needed. Then remains the question how to put it in there. As a hostname, a full host+domain name, an IP numeric? >> master.passwd is a >> changed version of the /etc one. >> >> All the NIS maps got created as they should I think. What still confuses >> me >> is that from the tutorials I managed to overview, some mention to add >> +::::::::: or +::: to the /var/yp/master.passwd and /etc/group files. > > Those lines need to be added to /etc/master.passwd and /etc/group on > the _clients._ Readjusted this, thanks. --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven http://www.freebsdzine.org>; asmodai(at)wxs.nl This is my Truth, tell me your's... Network/Security Specialist <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; *BSD: Powered by Knowledge & Know-how <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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