Debian Bug report logs - #61137
nis: ypbind cannot bind to explicit server in /etc/yp.conf, broadcast works fine

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: <teddy@fukt.hk-r.se>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: nis: ypbind cannot bind to explicit server in /etc/yp.conf, broadcast works fine

Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 01:04:57 +0200

Package: nis
Version: 3.5-2

When I explicitly specify a NIS server in /etc/yp.conf ypbind cannot
bind to it.  It does not matter whether the server is in /etc/hosts or
not.  This behaviour is also observed on another machine of the same
type (sparc-unknown-linux-gnu), but not on some other hosts
(i686-pc-linux-gnu), all running Debian 2.1, Linux 2.2.14.

When I don't specify anything in /etc/yp.conf and lets ypbind default
to broadcast it finds the server fine, irrespectively of whether the
server is listed in /etc/hosts or not.

This might not be a new problem; I have never tried to specify the NIS
server explicitly on this machine type before.

/Teddy

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.1
Kernel Version: Linux fenris 2.2.14 #1 SMP Tue Jan 18 03:11:18 MET 2000 sparc unknown

Versions of the packages nis depends on:
ii  libc6           2.0.105-2      The GNU C library version 2 (run-time files)
ii  libc6           2.0.105-2      The GNU C library version 2 (run-time files)
ii  libgdbmg1       1.7.3-25       GNU dbm database routines (runtime version).
ii  netbase         3.11-1.2.1     Basic TCP/IP networking binaries
ii  make            3.77-5slink    The GNU version of the "make" utility.

--- Begin /etc/yp.conf (modified conffile)
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--- End /etc/yp.conf

Message #10 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: miquels@cistron.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg)

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#61137: nis: ypbind cannot bind to explicit server in /etc/yp.conf, broadcast works fine

Date: 27 Mar 2000 00:11:24 GMT

In article <cistron.200003262304.BAA12691@fenris.fukt.hk-r.se>,
 <teddy@fukt.hk-r.se> wrote:
>Package: nis
>Version: 3.5-2
>
>When I explicitly specify a NIS server in /etc/yp.conf ypbind cannot
>bind to it.  It does not matter whether the server is in /etc/hosts or
>not.  This behaviour is also observed on another machine of the same
>type (sparc-unknown-linux-gnu), but not on some other hosts
>(i686-pc-linux-gnu), all running Debian 2.1, Linux 2.2.14.

I cannot reproduce this. On all my slink and potato systems
specifying one or more hosts in /etc/yp.conf works just fine.

Can you try again with the latest version from potato ?

Mike.
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Message #15 received at 61137@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Teddy Hogeborn <teddy@fukt.bth.se>

To: 61137@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Fixed

Date: 18 Sep 2003 21:34:24 +0200

I can no longer reproduce this bug on Debian 3.0, Linux 2.2.25.  I
guess this bug can be closed.

/Teddy

Message #20 received at 61137-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.net>

To: Teddy Hogeborn <teddy@fukt.bth.se>

Cc: 61137-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#61137: Fixed

Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:57:52 +0200

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 21:34:24, Teddy Hogeborn wrote:
> I can no longer reproduce this bug on Debian 3.0, Linux 2.2.25.  I
> guess this bug can be closed.

OK, thanks.

Mike.

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