Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 17:45:32 -0600 (MDT) From: "John E. Hein" <jhein@timing.com> To: Chris Conrad <rhavyn@syru205-140.syr.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: 2 questions Message-ID: <14322.42140.785597.644248@taz.timing.com> In-Reply-To: <19990929171202.A8954@syru205-140.syr.edu> References: <19990929171202.A8954@syru205-140.syr.edu>
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Chris Conrad wrote at 17:12 -0400 on Sep 29: > 1. NIS. The linux box is running ypserv-1.3.6 (according to the > rpm -q output). It can bind to itself. The problem is that the > FreeBSD box will not connected to the ypserv on the linux box. > I have tried letting it use broadcasts, using -S to specify the > machine and have tried using only a secure port. ypbind gives no > error message, just returns the prompt. ypwhich, however just hangs. > Oddly, rpcinfo -p either by itself or rpmcinfo -p localhost also hangs > (it seems alot of network apps including telnet and ftp have problems > with localhost). /etc/hosts has localhost, the name of the FreeBSD > box and the linux gateway all specified. rpcinfo -p <hostname> does > give output and it says that ypbind is running. Both systems are > using md5 for encryption. Is there a problem with using an linux > NIS server with FreeBSD, or is this a local problem? Any ideas? There isn't a problem for us (Linux RedHat 5.2 running ypserv-1.3.6, FreeBSD 2.x, 3.x & 4.x running ypbind). Since rpcinfo is hanging, you may want to make sure you're running portmap. On the linux NIS server, we have the following in /etc/yp.conf: domain our.domain broadcast I did nothing special on the FreeBSD boxes except put this in /etc/rc.conf: nis_client_enable="YES" nisdomainname="our.domain" Are at least one net interface on the linux box & the freebsd box on the same subnet (else the broadcast won't work, of course). John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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