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From: jgarb@erim.org (Joe Garbarino)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Problem with interfacing YP and BIND
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Date: 25 Jan 89 09:54:10 GMT
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The problems associated with setting up interaction between yp and the
name server is twofold; inadequate documentation from Sun (the biggest
problem) and a bug in SunOS V4.0 ypserv.

Under SunOS V3.5, interacting with the named required staring up the yp
server with ypserv -i.  Under SunOS V4.0, this was changed.  Now you must
modify the yp makefile (/var/yp/Makefile) to do a makedbm -b when the
hosts database is made.  However, due to the ypserv bug, the server still
does not contact the named.  When I was running V4.0 I received a fixed
ypserv from Sun Tech Support; I believe the problem is fixed in SunOS
V4.0.1.

>>>> FLAMES <<<<  All this points out a very large hole in the Sun
documentation (just one? ;-) the description of the named explains how to
set it up but not how to talk to it!!!

	Joe Garbarino
	ERIM
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