Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 20:55:43 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: "Waite, Michael" <Michael.Waite@compaq.com> Cc: "'Kris Kirby'" <kris@hiwaay.net>, "'freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: nis issues with FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004042054350.250-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <212CC57E84B8D111AD780000F84AA049083C2F7E@mroexc2.tay.dec.com>
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On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Waite, Michael wrote: > Yep, > "fatfinger" in the resolv.conf files. > > Curious though as you do not have to specify a yp server any where. > It specifies the ypdomainname but never points directly at a specific > server. > Is this necessary. > Would performance be better to point directly to the yp server? > If so which file would you modify "/etc/rc.conf"? This isn't necessary - ypbind locates a suitable server using a broadcast when it starts. It then uses unicast to work with the server. You can use ypset to point it at a specific server I think. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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