Re: devel glibc and nis/nys

Steven N. Hirsch (shirsch@ibm.net)
Fri, 27 Dec 1996 12:41:17 -0500

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Richard Henderson wrote:
>
> > Is NIS support supposed to operate with glibc-1.99? If so, is it still
> > the case that ypbind is NOT required?
>
> Yes, it is supposed to. All that should be required is to put
>
> password: files nis
>
> in /etc/nsswitch.conf.
>
> Unfortunately, I have never personally tested the NIS support
> for the simple reason that I don't have access to an existing
> NIS server. You may wish to contact the author of the glibc
> nis support, kukuk@vt.uni-paderborn.de, directly on this.
>

Ok, then something is definitely broken. If glibc defaults to providing
transparent NIS support, then 'rpcinfo -p localhost' should show it
bound to a set of ports. This does not occur - it simply does not work.

I'll drop a note to the author and let the list know if a resolution is
reached. Thanks much for the pointer!

Steve

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