JFYI: * Michael Prokop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20060717 22:09]: > * T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20060717 22:02]: > > On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:23:49 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote:
> > >> whenever I add a user in grml, I get the following error: > > >> rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection > > >> refused [...] > > >> I've never see this before, and would like to know why adduser need to > > >> do some rpc calls/connections. > > > Because you might run userauth via NIS. You didn't notice this before > > > because Debian runs portmapper by default - which grml doesn't. > > Ahh, no wonder, thanks for the explanation. Any quick fix? > Start portmapper or just ignore it. Nothing to care about, > it just works and does not break anything. Still valid. > > PS. I didn't touch any userauth or NIS setting after the HD installation. > Yes, that's Debian's useradd. Not true, I meant adduser. useradd does not include/execute nis-stuff. > > PPS. I don't have any package that begins with yp installed. > But something like nis/nfs/portmap/passwd. ;) It's nis. If nis is installed, adduser is executing 'rpcinfo -p' which leads to the above mentioned "error"-message. A bugreport against adduser (on request by Marc 'Zugschlus' Haber, one maintainer of the adduser-package at Debian, thanks for taking care, Marc) has been sent to the Debian BTS: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=381923 Tip of the day: run 'debbug 381923' or 'debbugm 381923' on your grml-box. :) Finally: grml 0.8 won't ship nis anymore, so you won't notice this warning message up from now at all. regards, -mika- -- You like grml? Help us! http://grml.org/donations/ Already on the grml-user-map? http://www.frappr.com/grmlusers Grml Solutions http://solutions.grml.org/
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