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Re: ypbind fix?



* Steve Dunham <dunham@cse.msu.edu> [05/04/99 11:45] wrote:
> Max <maxk@chinook.stanford.edu> writes:
> > [1  <text/plain; us-ascii (quoted-printable)>]
> > * Steve Dunham <dunham@cse.msu.edu> [05/04/99 11:30] wrote:
> > > Max <maxk@chinook.stanford.edu> writes:
> > > > Has anyone been able to find a fix for the dreaded ypbind hang?  From
> > > > the mailing list archives, I understand that using either ypbind-3.3
> > > > or ypbind-mt-1.4 will solve the problem, but neither one is available
> > > > in a Debian package.  So, would the maintainer be willing to upgrade
> > > > the nis package?  If not, can someone supply me with a compiled
> > > > version of ypbind?  I have an old SPARCStation 2 with a tiny amount of
> > > > disk space that prevents me from installing gcc and compiling it
> > > > myself.
> 
> > > I've never had any problem with ypbind and I've been using
> > > Debian/Sparc with a NIS setup since December.  I'm currently using the
> > > nis_3.3.1-1 package from slink.
> 
> > That's strange.  Search through the debian-sparc archives for "ypbind"
> > to see a description of the problem.  To summarize, ypbind hangs if
> > you don't specify the -debug -broadcast options.  Apparently, this bug
> > only exists in ypbind-mt-1.3 (the version in nis_3.3.1-1).  I'm not
> > sure how you were able to get around it.
> 
> Dunno, is your /etc/defaultdomain set?

Yes.

> Does your the /etc/yp.conf file contain any un-commented lines?

No.  I was able to get the same version of ypbind-mt to work perfectly
with the same configuration on an i386, so something is wrong with the
SPARC version.  Which kernel are you using?

Max

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