Re: clnt_call errors in NIS
According to Max:
> After upgrading to the new 3.3.3 version of nis in potato, I started
> getting the following errors when logging in or doing an su on nis
> client machines:
>
> yp_all: clnt_call: RPC: Timed out
That's an error produces by glibc.
> I also upgraded to libc6 2.1.2 recently, but the error did not
> manifest itself until I upgraded nis, so it seems like something is
> wrong in the nis package. I'm running kernel 2.2.10, same version of
> libc and same version of nis on both server and client.
People think that the NIS package does far more than it actually does;
the only thing it does is keeping an eye on the current nis server (ypbind).
All NIS access is actually handled by glibc
Mike.
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