Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 01:16:50 -0700 From: dannyman <dannyman@toldme.com> To: Fred Condo <fred@condo.chico.ca.us> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NIS newbie question Message-ID: <20010806011650.C7758@toldme.com> In-Reply-To: <20010804143404.C35633@absinthe.condo.chico.ca.us>; from fred@condo.chico.ca.us on Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 02:34:04PM -0700 References: <20010804143404.C35633@absinthe.condo.chico.ca.us>
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On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 02:34:04PM -0700, Fred Condo wrote: [...] > I specifically do not have a securenets file. Yet my client machine ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > can't seem to talk to the server (symptom is infinite hang after > entering a user name at the login prompt). How about "ypcat passwd" and friends? First step is to get NIS working properly. Second step is to tell your box to use it. If ypcat passwd locks on you, then you have no NIS, which tells you why you can not log in. I have no longer access to my NIS client boxen. But, try: grep nis /etc/defaults/rc.conf Override appropriate variables in your local /etc/rc.conf, and reboot. NIS is tricky as you have to start the right daemons on FreeBSD, and the only way to do that is to either remember what they are, read /etc/rc.network, or reboot. :) > The one thing I know I am unclear on is whether client and server have > to be on the same Ethernet segment. The existence of the concept of a > securenets file and tcpwrappers support in NIS seems to imply that > they do not. I believe that NIS only works on the local subnet, but if you are clever, you can bridge them. IIRC, your problem is probably that ypbind is not running. Ypbind broadcasts to your subnet to find a server, then it is in business. You can give ypbind a specific server address, and then you're good. You might also need a securenets file to get your master from a foreign network. I just don't know. RTFM. YMMV. Good luck! And if you're going to do a lot of NIS, grabbing the O'Reilley book never hurt anyone. That I know of. -danny -- http://dannyman.toldme.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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