ado@elsie.nci.nih.gov (Arthur David Olson) (05/05/91)
< From ado Sat May 4 17:00:34 1991 < To: sunbugs@sun.com < < Description: < The "PC-NFS Installation Guide--March 1991" for PC-NFS 3.5 states < (in part) on page 110 regarding the \NFS\HOSTS file that "If you < use both NIS and RARP, your HOSTS file is not used." This does < not seem to be true. < < Repeat-By: < Find a working PC-NFS 3.5 system using both NIS and RARP. Enter the < commands < cd \nfs < ren hosts hosts.bak < and then reboot the system. Note the < NFS029W : Unable to obtain the name of the NIS server. < net: Unable to get hostname by ip addr (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) < message that appear when you do a "net start rdr". Do a < cd \nfs < ren hosts.bak hosts < to eliminate the messages. < < Note that on a system running PC-NFS 3.0.1 and using NIS and RARP, < you can run successfully without a \nfs\hosts file. < < Fix: < Change the sentence quoted above to read "If you use both NIS and RARP, < your HOSTS file is not used except to get the name of your NIS server < when you do a 'net start rdr'." -- Arthur David Olson ado@elsie.nci.nih.gov ADO and Elsie are Ampex and Borden trademarks