Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 20:45:44 +0100 (CET) From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is NIS/YP buggy or broken? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0102172044270.744-100000@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10102171137430.17868-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
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On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, Tom wrote: :>On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, O. Hartmann wrote: :> :>> Dear Sirs. :>> I have problems with an installation of NIS/YP and it seems to be :>> some kind of nasty to me. :>> My boxes are running all FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE and at this moment I :>> switched off all IP filters, snort or inetd's option "-wW" to avoid :>> blocking some services. :>> :>> I installed one machine as a master server and this worked fine. :>> This machine runs "ypserv", "ypbind -s -S XXXXXX,localhost (or name of host)", :>> "rpc.ypxfrd" and "rpc.yppasswdd". At first I tried also to run "keyserv" :>> and "rpc.ypupdatedd" due to needs of secure RPC. :>> :>> Main problem is, that ypbind is not able to connect to the local server :>> "ypserv" or when creating/changing new maps, the master server can not :>> contact its slave servers, no matter why. The error is always that it :>> could not create an UDP handle or "no such host or address" or similar. :>> What's wrong? When running inetd -lwW I assured in /etc/hosts.allow all :>> services like ypserv, rpc.XXX, keyserv and yppush,ypxfr to be accessd :>> from the local net, also the IP filter is transparent for all packets :>> on the lokal net. But it is always the same, no contact to the master :>> or slave servers. :>> :>> On hosts which act as clients could never be initiated a service connection to :>> master or slave server (all machines are on the same network). :>> :>> I tried the simplest installation described in the handbook - without success, :>> the same behaviour (also on new machines without any specialized security installaions). :>> I regret that SecureRPC is not mentioned further in the handbook (about how to use :>> keys etc, maybe this is focus for the malfunction anywy). :>> :>> So, at last I would like to as whether the NIS/YP implementation on FreeBSD is :>> broken or not? :> :> It works fine. I've have a 4.2-STABLE system running in hybrid mode :>(both a server and client), pluse a 3.4-STABLE slave server. :> :> No NIS services use inetd so it pointless to pursue that. :> :> Do you have /var/yp/securenets set up? It sounds like it is not. Hello. Yes /var/yp/securenets is set up. I try now to set up it in a special way to point to no securities to see whether this is the failure-impact or not. :> :>> Thanks, :>> Oliver :>> :>> -- :>> MfG :>> O. Hartmann :>> :>> ohartman@mail.physik.uni-mainz.de :>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- :>> IT-Administration des Institut fuer Physik der Atmosphaere (IPA) :>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- :>> Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz :>> Becherweg 21 :>> 55099 Mainz :>> :>> Tel: +496131/3924662 (Maschinensaal) :>> Tel: +496131/3924144 :>> FAX: +496131/3923532 :>> :>> :>> :>> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :>> with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message :>> :> :> :>Tom :>Uniserve :> :> -- MfG O. Hartmann ohartman@mail.physik.uni-mainz.de ---------------------------------------------------------------- IT-Administration des Institut fuer Physik der Atmosphaere (IPA) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz Becherweg 21 55099 Mainz Tel: +496131/3924662 (Maschinensaal) Tel: +496131/3924144 FAX: +496131/3923532 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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