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Date:      Sun, 5 Dec 1999 13:42:36 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        vepjan@image.dk
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: freebsd as NIS-client?
Message-ID:  <199912051842.NAA48995@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <19991205190732.A286@jens.dk> from "vepjan@image.dk" at "Dec 5, 1999 07:07:32 pm"

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vepjan@image.dk wrote,
> 
> I have problems using my freebsd-3.3 box as a NIS client.
[snip]
>
> On freebsd I did this:
> domainname "the right domain"
> ypbind
> 
> As far as I understand I should then be able to
> get a host by issuing 
> ypwhich

IIRC, ypwhich does not actually _do_ anything, it just spits back the
server that ypbind has found.

> But it runs for about 2 minuttes (and then i cancel it).

Hmmm...

> I've browsed this mailing list to find answers/directions
> for the setup. All I found was "man nis" and reading this
> didn't help. 
> 
> The master is a Digital Unix 4.0d.

Is the server on the same LAN?
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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