Previously Jaakko Niemi wrote: > Why does NIS have to repeat the broadcast? We don't answer back. The default NIS configuration (not only for Debian by the way) uses a broadcast to look for a NIS server. This is easy for users: they don't have to enter the name of a NIS server. And it's nice for the admins: of one NIS servers fails and you have a second server in the subnet it will be used automatically. > What is wrong with the configuration or start up of NIS under Linux (as far > as I know all machines run Debian). Is it a bug in NIS? No, it's not a bug. > How can I prevent the broadcast (note that I can't change the Linux machines, > but I can relay a request to change something to the sysadmins of those > machines)? Look at /etc/yp.conf. Uncomment the last line and change the NIS server to the name of your server. Wichert. -- ============================================================================== This combination of bytes forms a message written to you by Wichert Akkerman. E-Mail: wakkerma@wi.LeidenUniv.nl WWW: http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~wichert/
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