Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 16:28:20 +0700 (NSS) From: Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Request for change to /etc/rc script Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009221624500.44820-100000@iclub.nsu.ru> In-Reply-To: <20000921130109.Y9141@fw.wintelcom.net>
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hi, there! On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > We have a similar problem with the combination of NIS and ipfw. The details > > (and a patch) are in conf/18521: > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=18521 - nobody has touched it > > since its submission in May. > > I've never used NIS, but isn't this either a bug/missing feature > in NIS or a misconfiguaration on your part? > > Shouldn't NIS have a "first found" option so that root:wheel doesn't > need NIS resolution? nope. getpwnam("root") always tries to find "root" in NIS maps (and fails after a quite long delay miserably if for example NIS server is unreachable) even if root:wheel exists in local passwd/group files. /fjoe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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