Subject: bin/1225: amd(8) is too noisy when NIS isn't running.
To: None <gnats-admin@sun-lamp.pc.cs.cmu.edu>
From: None <mrg@mame.mu.OZ.AU>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/13/1995 09:05:07
>Number: 1225
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: amd(8) is too noisy when NIS isn't running.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Jul 13 09:05:05 1995
>Originator: matthew green
>Organization:
bozotic softwar foundation
>Release: 010795
>Environment:
System: NetBSD splode.eterna.com.au 1.0A NetBSD 1.0A (_splode_) #235: Thu Jun 22 22:40:35 EST 1995 mrg@splode.eterna.com.au:/orb/q/build/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/_splode_ sparc
>Description:
amd(8) is noisy about the fact that NIS isn't running when it starts
up, logging this fact to the console. that's all very well, but i
*know* that NIS isn't running. this is annoying.
>How-To-Repeat:
run amd ...
>Fix:
the patch below changes the warning level to LOG_INFO
*** info_nis.c.orig Thu Jul 13 22:43:08 1995
--- info_nis.c Thu Jul 13 22:43:17 1995
***************
*** 69,75 ****
if (!*default_domain) {
nis_not_running = 1;
! plog(XLOG_WARNING, "NIS domain name is not set. NIS ignored.");
return ENOENT;
}
--- 69,75 ----
if (!*default_domain) {
nis_not_running = 1;
! plog(XLOG_INFO, "NIS domain name is not set. NIS ignored.");
return ENOENT;
}
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