Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 14:04:41 -0600 (CST) From: John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions freebsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: NIS, no luck :-( Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980314134308.316A-100000@barnowl.roost.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980313185925.19404E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Doug White wrote: <snip...> > > I would think no -- the specified values would *override* those in the > map, and I don't think you want to download a map that has a bunch of > accounts as root:wheel with logins disabled. :) > > Note that FreeBSD's implementation of NIS was developed independently of > Sun's, following their specifications. No doubt some inconsistencies > exist between the two. i.e, we use ypserv and Sun uses ypinit. > > > Oh, well, I do this for the challenge, right? ...right? ...? > > Yes, and hopefully will write documentation afterward :) Ok, Ok, I'll try, but I am long winded. (worded? ;-)) The LAN is running now for almost two days. I disabled NIS doing DNS lookups. I also found that I had left a localhost alias in /etc/hosts (stupid). When I get brave I'll try the DNS again, but this time I'll set up the full DNS catastrophy. Anyway thanks for the feedback. John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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