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From: maree@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au
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Subject: Re: The nres problem
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Date: 6 Dec 90 23:45:52 GMT
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Archive-name: fixes/sun-fixes/nres-patch/1990-12-06
Original-posting-by: maree@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au
Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti)


>   Well, since there have been 2 questions about it here, I figure I'll
> let everybody that doesn't know, know. (It *is* early, isn't it.)
>   The problem of "right.system.name != right.system.IP" is just a problem
> with Sun writing an extra error message (as far as I understand it). It
> can be ignored.
>   If you wanna fix it, get patch 100141-01 of 15-Oct-90 (it's a new
> ypserv) from 800/USA-4SUN. It's available via anonymous FTP also:

Apply this patch with CAUTION .  At least a couple of sites (including
ours:-) saw the network grind to a halt as the "new" ypserv core
dumped.  Sun are currently investigating.

Maree.

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