Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 13:16:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for change to /etc/rc script Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10009211315130.16505-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <200009212009.e8LK9m113036@orthanc.ab.ca>
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On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > >>>>> "Alfred" == Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> writes: > > Alfred> Shouldn't NIS have a "first found" option so that > Alfred> root:wheel doesn't need NIS resolution? > > It does. Nothing goes to NIS until the magic + entry is seen. > (I'm not sure exactly how nsswitch.conf will change this, but presumably > you would list 'files" before 'nis'.) > > Alfred> I'd rather see NIS fixed than the rc system hacked to > Alfred> death because of NIS brain death. > > It's not a NIS bug, it's operator error. Not having local entries > for root and wheel is just asking for trouble. > > --lyndon No, there is a well known problem with the NIS client. Even for local entries, the NIS server is still consulted. Tom Uniserve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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