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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.se.dataphone.net!nntp.uio.no!newsfeeds.sol.net!news-xfer.netaxs.com!netaxs.com!socko.cdnow.com!heller From: heller@socko.cdnow.com (A. Karl Heller) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: YP question with 2.1.5 Date: 22 Mar 1997 00:41:09 GMT Organization: CDnow - The World's Largest Online Music Store http://cdnow.com Lines: 25 Message-ID: <5gv9r5$rsm@netaxs.com> References: <5gmiln$lhs@netaxs.com> <5gp9bd$i53@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> Reply-To: heller@cdnow.com NNTP-Posting-Host: socko.cdnow.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37511 Bill Paul (wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu) wrote: : Daring to challenge the will of the almighty Leviam00se, A. Karl Heller : (heller@socko.cdnow.com) had the courage to say: : : I've got a 2.1.5 box that is running ypserv just fine. I have a Solaris : : 2.5.1 box that uses it as a yp server. If I do a "ypcat passwd" on Solaris : : or FreeBSD I get the correct output. If I do a "ypcat hosts" on FreeBSD : : I get the correct output. If I do a "ypcat hosts" on Solaris, the list is : : duplicated several times. I'm worried that something is broken and I'm : : not sure on what. I figure there is something wrong with the Solaris YP : : client or the FreeBSD server that messes up the list ( but why only hosts?? ). : This is actually 'normal.' If you do a ypcat -k hosts, it might make : more sense: this will show you the keys associated with the data that : you're dumping from the map. : What's happening is that you have an /etc/hosts entry like this: Thanks. It makes sense now. And NIS+ will be coming to FreeBSD when? =) Karl