Max <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [1 <text/plain; us-ascii (quoted-printable)>] > * Steve Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05/04/99 11:30] wrote: > > Max <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? Does your the /etc/yp.conf file contain any un-commented lines? Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]
