Problem with interfacing YP and BIND
Joe Garbarino
jgarb at erim.org
Wed Jan 25 19:54:10 AEST 1989
The problems associated with setting up interaction between yp and the
name server is twofold; inadequate documentation from Sun (the biggest
problem) and a bug in SunOS V4.0 ypserv.
Under SunOS V3.5, interacting with the named required staring up the yp
server with ypserv -i. Under SunOS V4.0, this was changed. Now you must
modify the yp makefile (/var/yp/Makefile) to do a makedbm -b when the
hosts database is made. However, due to the ypserv bug, the server still
does not contact the named. When I was running V4.0 I received a fixed
ypserv from Sun Tech Support; I believe the problem is fixed in SunOS
V4.0.1.
>>>> FLAMES <<<< All this points out a very large hole in the Sun
documentation (just one? ;-) the description of the named explains how to
set it up but not how to talk to it!!!
Joe Garbarino
ERIM
P.O Box 8618
Ann Arbor, Mi. 48107
(313)994-1200 x2508
jgarb at csd360b.erim.org
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