On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 11:48, Tom Wike wrote: > We have a situation where the Linux NIS client generates a great amount > of spurious traffic that itself negatively impacts both the client and > its server. ... > So how does all of this play out? Based on observing traffic patterns to > our NIS servers, I have seen this type of thing happen: > > 1. Linux NIS host "A" starts sending some requests to Server 1. > 2. Another process on host "A" does "ypcat passwd" (which itself takes about > 3 seconds to cat to screen).
Are you running "nscd" on your clients? If not, turn it on and see if the problem persists: # chkconfig nscd on # service nscd start -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list