Re: NIS issues

2000-04-05 Thread Nick Cabatoff
On Apr 04, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Nick Cabatoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >and what I can do about it? > > Usually it is a very good idea to list the NIS servers directly > in /etc/yp.conf instead of relying on broadcasts (the default if > /etc/yp.con

Re: NIS issues

2000-04-04 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nick Cabatoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I keep getting mail on some slink machines from cron jobs, e.g. the >"test -f /proc/modules && /sbin/rmmod -a" one. They contain the >single line: > > yp_all: clnt_call: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection reset by

NIS issues

2000-04-02 Thread Nick Cabatoff
I keep getting mail on some slink machines from cron jobs, e.g. the "test -f /proc/modules && /sbin/rmmod -a" one. They contain the single line: yp_all: clnt_call: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection reset by peer Anyone know what this signifies, how NIS gets involved in such a simple c