On Friday 31 August 2007 15:23:23 Prabhu Harihar wrote: <reformatted for clarity(tm)>
> On 8/31/07, Mel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 31 August 2007 11:15:51 Prabhu Harihar wrote: > > > I wish to know whether FreeBSD supports NIS server running over IPv6 > > > protocol? > > > > > > I'm clueless in getting information about NIS server over IPv6 > > > configuration and availability in any Unix flavors including *BSDs, > > > > Solaris > > > > > or Linux distros. > > > > Except from configuring IPv6 and host resolving correctly, I don't think > > there's anything different with respect to NIS. It's all based on host > > and domainnames, so if a domain has one or more hosts with only IPv6 > > address, then it'll use IPv6. > > > I think, the underlying RPC portmapper needs to be "ipv6-aware". Whether > this is supported in FreeBSD? Do you think no other configuration changes > needed for NIS server / client running natively over IPv6 network? man rpcbind shows a -6 option, giving it the ability to only bind to IPv6 addresses, so I assume it's IPv6 ready. I can't think of a network utility/daemon in stock FreeBSD that isn't actually. -- Mel _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"