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From: markolf@lfbs.rwth-aachen.de (Markolf Gudjons)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Anyone tried FreeBSd as a client to an alpha yp server ?
Date: 11 Jul 1994 11:33:15 GMT
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Dave,
dave@odyssey.ucc.ie wrote:
> I am experimenting with this, but keep getting a 'cant bind to server'
> when i try something like ypcat passwd - i admit it is quite possibley the
> alpha that needs modification, but i wanted to check ...
It is definitely the Alpha. I use my FreeBSD machine as a NFS and YP client
in a Sun network. Works without a hitch and with excellent performance.
Maybe the Alpha is refusing to accept your machine as a client?
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