Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 13:51:43 -0500 From: "Bill Moran" <bill_moran2@hotmail.com> To: hogsett@axp.csl.sri.com Cc: adstro@stny.rr.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Handbook NIS/YP Instructions Message-ID: <F35FLQrsutplhR1PDGN00008021@hotmail.com>
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>From: Mike Hogsett <hogsett@axp.csl.sri.com> > >portmap is also required for NIS. True, and it says so in the handbook, which is the point I was trying to make. Speaking for myself, at least, following the handbook to the letter got NIS working just fine. -Bill > > >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 _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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