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Date:      Fri, 03 Jan 2003 17:40:59 -0800
From:      Mike Hogsett <hogsett@axp.csl.sri.com>
To:        "Bill Moran" <bill_moran2@hotmail.com>
Cc:        adstro@stny.rr.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Handbook NIS/YP Instructions 
Message-ID:  <200301040140.h041exKl035063@axp.csl.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: Message from "Bill Moran" <bill_moran2@hotmail.com>  of "Fri, 03 Jan 2003 20:04:34 EST." <F7PiVfxs4eWiASvCcHY00030ce7@hotmail.com> 

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portmap is also required for NIS.

- Mike

> >From: Adam Stroud <adstro@stny.rr.com>
> >
> >Since NIS uses RPC,
> >do I need to configure inetd.conf to allow RPC on the NIS server and 
> >clients?
> >The handbook does not make any mention of editing the inetd.conf file.
> 
> inetd doesn't handle RPC.
> 
> Use the rc.conf settings suggested in the tutorial and the necessary rpc
> servers will be started at boot time by /etc/rc
> 
> Once you've got everything running, you can use
> ps -ax | grep rpc
> to see what rpc servers were started.  I don't actually remember what's
> started for NIS, although I believe rpc.statd at least needs to run.
> 
> -Bill
> 
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