Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 15:33:35 -0500 From: John Woodruff <jjw@admin.us.net> To: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: strange nis/application problem Message-ID: <36D7051F.7A90B7FA@admin.us.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902261356230.2543-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
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Steve Hovey wrote: > While the boxes would let a NIS based user log in - pine reported it > couldnt figure out who a nis user was, and wouldnt expand the to: line > names of people that were NIS based > [...] > I wrote test programs to work out the getpw.. routines - and they > were fine. Were you doing it as root or not? The FreeBSD nis client looks at different maps depending on whether you are running as root; and the FreeBSD ypserv gives different answers depending on whether the request comes from a <1024 port or not. > I overwrote the ones on 2.2.5 with the one from 2.1.5 and the problem > cleared. Yikes! Who wants to enumerate the differences in the libc.so's ?? -- John Woodruff, Sr. Network Engineer, US Net - 301-361-USNET Washington/Baltimore/Richmond ISP - $6.95/month for full PPP! PGP KeyFP: 66 18 1A 4E 55 08 40 E2 C7 B1 F2 D1 81 12 6D BF To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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