Re: [CentOS] Odd issue with C6 and NIS

2011-10-05 Thread Steve Rikli
things like automount maps on the internal corporate LAN, is it really a catastropic problem? Cheers, sr. -- || Steve Rikli ||| || || Systems Administrator ||| How can something that is almost 3 MB || || Genyosha Networks

Re: [CentOS] Odd issue with C6 and NIS

2011-10-06 Thread Steve Rikli
In article , John Hodrien wrote: >On Wed, 5 Oct 2011, Steve Rikli wrote: > >> ... >> I'll also readily agree I wouldn't want NIS on internet-facing systems, >> but for things like automount maps on the internal corporate LAN, is >> it really a catastropic

Re: [CentOS] Odd issue with C6 and NIS

2011-10-06 Thread Steve Rikli
In article , John Hodrien wrote: >... > >A good LDAP setup with nested groups, and GSSAPI just beats NIS over the head >with a stick in terms of security, and once you've got a good LDAP >infrastructure you start to discover just how many tools offer some form of >LDAP integration. Extending t

Re: [CentOS] Odd issue with C6 and NIS

2011-10-06 Thread Steve Rikli
In article , John Hodrien wrote: >On Thu, 6 Oct 2011, Steve Rikli wrote: > >> So, back to my original example of automount maps (which I've long thought >> about implementing in LDAP but never pursued), how do you deal with the >> situation of needing map(s) load

Re: [CentOS] Odd issue with C6 and NIS

2011-10-06 Thread Steve Rikli
In article , John Hodrien wrote: >On Thu, 6 Oct 2011, Steve Rikli wrote: > >> That's what I thought. But doesn't that "lookup" account need to have >> a published password (and likewise, hardcoded in scripts and config >> files and whatnot) in or

[CentOS] /etc/gai.conf fails to prefer IPv4 over IPv6 for NFS

2018-06-08 Thread Steve Rikli
uot; and "precedence" settings) but none achieved the desired effect. Am I misunderstanding how this is supposed to work? Cheers, sr. -- || Steve Rikli ||| Well, we've stared at it... that oughta || || Systems Administrator ||| fix it! Let'

Re: [CentOS] /etc/gai.conf fails to prefer IPv4 over IPv6 for NFS

2018-06-08 Thread Steve Rikli
In article <669037eb-029c-eb3b-0c60-6a5121142...@gmail.com>, Gordon Messmer wrote: >On 06/08/2018 10:42 AM, Steve Rikli wrote: > >> I found posts from others in a similar situation, and proposed solutions >> included modifying /etc/gai.conf to use: >> >&g

Re: [CentOS] /etc/gai.conf fails to prefer IPv4 over IPv6 for NFS

2018-06-09 Thread Steve Rikli
In article , Gordon Messmer wrote: >On 06/08/2018 03:23 PM, Steve Rikli wrote: >> >> This seems the most likely explanation, I'd just like to know for certain >> before I give up on gai.conf and restort to disabling IPv6 or other >> workarounds (e.g. /etc/n

Re: [CentOS] /etc/gai.conf fails to prefer IPv4 over IPv6 for NFS

2018-06-11 Thread Steve Rikli
In article <05fc7f7d-897a-8a6e-f91c-f79f8aefd...@gmail.com>, Gordon Messmer wrote: >On 06/09/2018 07:51 AM, Steve Rikli wrote: >> >> I had hopes for gai.conf as the more universal solution, but apparently >> it's not useable here. > >gai.conf works as inten