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Date:      Wed, 30 Jul 2003 19:45:49 +0200
From:      Rolf Grossmann <rg@progtech.net>
To:        Matthew George <mdg@secureworks.net>
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: portmap, bind(), and NIS
Message-ID:  <3F28044D.9000702@PROGTECH.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030730130919.E40074@localhost>
References:  <20030730130919.E40074@localhost>

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Hi,

Matthew George wrote:

>ypbind will attempt to find a server by issuing a broadcast rpc request to
>the local network.  When portmap is not bound to INADDR_ANY, it will not
>reply to these requests.
>
What about the -S option to ypbind? That way it doesn't broadcast but 
use the given servers. It's what I was using when yp client and server 
were not on the same subnet.

Rolf




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