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Date:      Fri, 14 Nov 1997 14:29:29 +0200 (IST)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NIS/YP (again :-)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.971114142852.8122A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il>
In-Reply-To: <199711141216.NAA09316@beta.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>

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On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Robert Eckardt wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> once again I have to bother you with a question on NIS/YP
> on 2.2.2-RELEASE machines.
> 
> How can I avoid that the NIS master server tries to push maps
> to itself ?

Don't list it in ypservers.

> This fails because
> yppush: status returned by ypxfr: Master's version not newer
> 
> Another "problem", which may be related to the NIS configuration is
> that I don't get the entry of the GECOS field for one NIS user in
> sendmail's `vrfy' on the NIS master server -- just the <mail adress>
> itself -- though I can see no difference in his and other's entries
> in the NIS master.passwd.

Don't know.

> It works, however, on other machines which are bound the the same
> NIS server.
> 
> TIA,
> Robert
> 
> -- 
> Dr. Robert Eckardt                                                 (
>     Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Inst.f.Theor.Physik, NB6/169          )
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>     Telefon: +49 234 700-3709,   Telefax: +49 234 7094-574             8
>     E-Mail:  RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de                    --------8----
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> >>> A magician never reveals his secret:  the unbelievable trick becomes <<<
> >>>                             simple and obvious once it is explained. <<<
> 
Nadav



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