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Date:      Sat, 4 Aug 2001 14:34:04 -0700
From:      Fred Condo <fred@condo.chico.ca.us>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   NIS newbie question
Message-ID:  <20010804143404.C35633@absinthe.condo.chico.ca.us>

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I am trying to set up NIS for the first time. I followed the recipe in
the Handbook, and successfully got the server running and
configured. 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).

I did add the magic +::::::::: and +:*:: entries via vipw and vi
/etc/group on the client machine, and I have the domainname set the
same on both machines.

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.

Clues are most welcome. Thanks.
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