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From: jgreely@oz.cis.ohio-state.edu (J Greely)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NetInfo and NFS
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Date: 10 May 89 22:41:15 GMT
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In article <3478@vicorp.UUCP> daniel@vicorp.UUCP (Daniel Dee) writes:
>Apparently, this is not working. The way I understand it, if
>the NetInfo daemon is running, the NFS daemon will be disabled.

No.  If NetIno is running, /etc/fstab is not read.  The documentation
appears to be incorrect on this point, since mount ignores anything in
it, even if YP is running.

>But there are several things I do not understand. 

>(1) Do I have to set up the NeXT as a configuration server in NetManager?
>    What's the implication of this?

No.  This is for NeXT-only networks.  It sets you up to respond as the
machine that other NeXTs look to for autoconfig on name and IP
address.

>(2) I have currently selected "Non-NeXT Network" for Network Type.
>    Is this correct? I am putting the NeXT on a NFS network of Suns.

Yup.  That's how mine are, too.  Note that you may have to manually
edit /etc/hostconfig for correct results (it never seems to save the
router for me).

>(3) I have added Internet addresses of several of our Sun clients in
>    fstab, hosts, etc. Do I still have to run NetManager and bring up
>    the Host Editor?

Nope.  You use niload to load all of these into NetInfo.  NetManager's
host editor is for NeXTs that you administer.  For example, to
configure our machines, I used NetManager (local configuration panel),
added YP cookies to passwd and group, fixed one line in /etc/rc (if
you use another host as a router, edit the line "/usr/etc/route add
default $ROUTER 0", change the 0 to a 1), imported file systems into
NetInfo, and set date, time, and timezone.  Every major change after
that was local environment stuff.

>(4) Do I have to edit NetInfo or run niload, etc. on fstab, etc.?

Yes.


				"If it can be made, it
				 can be made with a NeXT
				 logo on it."
					-- Herb Philpott,
					   NeXT, Inc.

				"Great!  Make me a pizza."
					-- Me, of course
-=-
J Greely (jgreely@cis.ohio-state.edu; osu-cis!jgreely)