k2@charly.bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de (Klaus Steinberger) (10/18/90)
Hi, I have problems with setting up YP. We have a CDC4330 (RC3230 Magnum) with EP/IX 1.2.1 (based on RISCOS 4.50). NIS (formerly YP) refuses to work correctly. We have setup the CD4330 as a YP client. Our YP-server is on a PCS Cadmus (the server works, sure!). ypbind on the CD4330 seems to work, ypwhich tells me the correct server, ypmatch works also (but very slow). A YP-userid can login if in nis precedes files in vis.conf, but all other utilities (ls, ps, finger etc.) don't look into nis. If i remove /etc/ps_data then ps hangs forever. If files precedes nis in /etc/vis.conf as mentioned in the EP/IX release notes, then nis is never consulted, even if the correct escapes are in /etc/passwd and /etc/group !! Are there any suggestions? Is this a bug in RISCOS4.50 or is it a EP/IX bug? Are there any other EP/IX users with YP/NIS out there? SIncerely, Klaus Steinberger Klaus Steinberger Beschleunigerlabor der TU und LMU Muenchen Phone: (+49 89)3209 4287 Hochschulgelaende, D-8046 Garching, West Germany BITNET: K2@DGABLG5P Internet: k2@charly.bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de
rogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese) (10/19/90)
In article <4958@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> k2@charly.bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de (Klaus Steinberger) writes: >I have problems with setting up YP. We have a CDC4330 (RC3230 Magnum) >with EP/IX 1.2.1 (based on RISCOS 4.50). NIS (formerly YP) refuses to work >correctly.... >Are there any suggestions? >Is this a bug in RISCOS4.50 or is it a EP/IX bug? Are there any other >EP/IX users with YP/NIS out there? I don't presume to answer for CDC; you should check into their support organization. But I am reasonably certain that, while EP/IX 1.2.1 is less broken in an NIS sense than RISC/os 4.50, it is still more broken than 4.51, and the behaviors you report sound consistent with this brokenness. They are about to cut in a new release, I believe; check with them for details. -- ROGER B.A. KLORESE MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. MS 6-05 930 DeGuigne Dr. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 +1 408 524-7421 rogerk@mips.COM {ames,decwrl,pyramid}!mips!rogerk "I'm the NLA" "Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself." --Rita Mae Brown
mswan@hare.cdc.com (M Swanson) (10/19/90)
In article <4958@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> k2@charly.bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de (Klaus Steinberger) writes: >I have problems with setting up YP. We have a CDC4330 (RC3230 Magnum) >with EP/IX 1.2.1 (based on RISCOS 4.50). NIS (formerly YP) refuses to work >correctly.... >Are there any suggestions? >Is this a bug in RISCOS4.50 or is it a EP/IX bug? Are there any other >EP/IX users with YP/NIS out there? As rogerk@mips pointed out to Klaus S. recently, NIS(yp) was moot in EP/IX 1.2.1. We have just released EP/IX 1.2.3, which has the necessary corrections for the problems you encountered. Bo Swanson, ARH248, Control Data Corp. \ mswan@biriuk.udev.cdc.com 4201 Lex. N., Arden Hills, MN 55126-6198 \ {uunet}!shamash!punjab!biriuk!mswan att: 01-612-482-3819 fax: 01-612-482-2791 \ dalenet: r10l8l16r "pick epsilon small, and life is good." K. Singh