stefan@lynx.astro.utoronto.ca (Stefan Mochnacki) (08/18/89)
Ref: v8n50 The binmail on the 386i (4.0.1) has built-in dependence on Yellow Pages. The fix to get mail working on my de-YP'ed 386i was to get BSD 4.3 source (actually it goes back to Version 7 ... so it can't be distributed ...) and re-complie bin/mail. Only one trivial change needed. A Sun person mailed me a note that the next release (4.0.2 ?) will have mail not depend on YP. I got several people recommending "mush" (which is really a user interface, not a local delivery agent). Must be popular ... BTW, mailtool still works usefully in my more "conventional" non-YP mode. Stefan W. Mochnacki INTERNET - stefan@lynx.astro.utoronto.ca Astronomy, U. Toronto UUCP - {uunet,pyramid}!utai!helios!stefan +1 (416) 884-9562 BITNET - mochnacki@utorphys.bitnet
gorpong@uunet.uu.net (Gordon C. Galligher) (09/13/89)
In article <1140@brazos.Rice.edu> stefan@lynx.astro.utoronto.ca (Stefan Mochnacki) writes: >X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 108, message 1 of 21 > >Ref: v8n50 > >The binmail on the 386i (4.0.1) has built-in dependence on Yellow Pages. >The fix to get mail working on my de-YP'ed 386i was to get BSD 4.3 source I had a similar problem, but it wasn't restricted to only 'mail'! I then tried to set up our network of 386i's with one master and the rest slaves and had major problems when any of the slaves went down. (I also had the problem when the power was turned off for more than two days and tried to reboot the machine it complained about not finding the boot server (even though there NEVER was a boot server). The only fix for this was to re- install the ENTIRE operating system from the diskettes! :-( My fix to both of these problems was to short-circuit the Yellow Pages problem. Since the software is absolutely dependent upon running yellow pages, I have allowed it to do so. I have set up all of the 386i's to run yellow pages and they all are masters. Their domains are the same names as their hostname. They also don't have any slaves on the network to worry about. I still NFS stuff from all of them and I have no problems with that at all. They are all happy because they are running yellow pages, they all have a master, they are their own slaves, and they are on their own domain. This allows things like 'mail' and the 'netgroups' file to work, while not causing any headaches from the brain-damaged YP stuff. It was remarkably easy and I'm really not sure WHY it worked, but it did. Good luck and happy hunting. -- Gordon. -- Gordon C. Galligher <|> ...!uunet!telxon!gorpong <|> gorpong@telxon.uu.net Telxon Corporation <|> "What are ya standin' around for? Don't ya know Akron, Ohio, 44313 <|> a Jail Break when ya see one?" - Scotty (216) 867-3700 (3512)<|> Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
walkerb@sun.com (Brad Walker) (09/18/89)
>> The binmail on the 386i (4.0.1) has built-in >> dependence on Yellow Pages. This is true but has been fixed in 4.0.2 to have the user determine if he wants to use YP or not. I have verifed this. Hope this helps! Brad Walker Sun Microsystems