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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!gatech!psuvax1!news.ecn.bgu.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!startide.ctr.columbia.edu!wpaul From: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu (Bill Paul) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: problem in making nis database Date: 4 Jul 1995 17:16:13 GMT Organization: Columbia University Center for Telecommunications Research Lines: 57 Message-ID: <3tbt0t$4ro@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> References: <3tb58p$87e@xpat.postech.ac.kr> NNTP-Posting-Host: startide.ctr.columbia.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Daring to challenge the will of the almighty Leviam00se, Yun Tae Hyoung(92) (nicebomb@pearl.postech.ac.kr) had the courage to say: : I want to run nis server using FreeBSD. You lucky dog, you. : My system is FreeBSD 2.1.0-Development. Oh. Really? Uhm... Do you mean 2.1.0-Development as in 'after 2.0-RELEASE but before 2.0.5-RELEASE?' They stopped calling it '2.1.0-Development' a while ago. They may have started calling it that again without my noticing, but I doubt it. The NIS support in 2.1.0-Development is not quite finished, and 2.1.0-Development itself had bugs that were fixed in 2.0.5-RELEASE. If your system really is 2.1.0-Development from several months back, I strongly suggest you upgrade. : I have executable files in directory /usr/sbin such as : 24 yp_mkdb* 32 yppasswdd* 48 ypserv* : 32 ypbind* 16 yppoll* 16 ypset* It would have been far more helpful if you'd shown me the datestamps on these files so I could see when they were created. : To make nis database I need Makefile in directory /var/yp. : But my system don't have that Makefile in /var/yp, so I can't : make nis database. : Where can I get that Makefile and what else can I do ? : Thank you very much for your reading........ : -- : *--------------------------------* : | nicebomb@mammoth.postech.ac.kr | : *--------------------------------* You need, among other things, to upgrade. When I first put the NIS server support in 2.1.0-Development, some of the Makefiles weren't quite right, and /var/yp/Makefile often wasn't installed correctly. If you have the source tree, you can find it under /usr/src/gnu/usr.sbin/ypserv as Makefile.yp. But again, the NIS support in 2.1.0-Development took a while to solidify. You're liable to have trouble with it unless you upgrade to 2.0.5-RELEASE. (/var/yp/Makefile does exist in 2.0.5-RELEASE) -Bill -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~T~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Møøse Illuminati: ignore it and be confused, or join it and be confusing! ~~~~~~ "Welcome to All Things BSDish! If it's not BSDish, it's crap!" ~~~~~~~