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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!alberta!cpsc.ucalgary.ca!xenlink!newt.cuc.ab.ca!deraadt From: deraadt@newt.cuc.ab.ca (Theo de Raadt) Subject: 386BSD: YP/NIS Message-ID: <DERAADT.92Nov4142042@newt.newt.cuc.ab.ca> Sender: news@newt.cuc.ab.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: newt Organization: little lizard city Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 21:20:42 GMT Lines: 16 I'm currently writing YP/NIS client functionality for 386BSD. (ie. the ypbind/ypmatch/ypcat/ypwhich programs, necessary yp & xdr library routines, and finally changing get*ent() routines to know about YP.) YP needs a domainname to bind to. 386BSD has no domainname. On my machine I have added getdomainname() and setdomainname() system calls at the same syscall# as it is on suns. This has made my task much easier, and let me do it the same what that YP is implimented on suns. Terry, would you like the patches to add the domainname system calls? <tdr. -- This space not left unintentionally unblank. deraadt@newt.cuc.ab.ca