Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 10:57:38 +0100 From: Steve Coles <scoles@tripos.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for change to /etc/rc script Message-ID: <39CB2D12.E08212B5@tripos.com> References: <20000921133159.H12822@carroll.com>
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(potentially ignorant question) On a related matter, is there any reason why the mount of NFS-mounted filesystems cannot be delayed until after NIS is up ? Steve Damien Tougas wrote: > Hello, > > We have a large number of FreeBSD thin client workstations that use > NIS to get all passwd and group information. There is no account > information stored in /etc/master.passwd or /etc/group (except of > course the required +:::::::::). The problem is that the following > line in /etc/rc: > > chown root:wheel /dev/tty[pqrsPQRS]* > > occurs before NIS services are started (which I believe is in network_pass2). > This results in a very long pause at boot while the system attempts to > do the chown before it has access to any user/group information. > > We have fixed the situation temporarily by moving this line further > down in the script (directly after the completing of network_pass2), > but we would ultimately like a fix like this to be included in the > base distribution, as I am sure that other users may also find this to > be a problem. > > Thank you for your assistance. > > -- > Damien Tougas > Systems Administrator > Carroll-Net, Inc. > http://www.carroll.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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