On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 11:02:35PM +0100, Thierry Lacoste wrote:
> I ran into some problems with NetBSD (1.6 and 2.0) yp clients
> when the server crashes, so I did the following experiment:
> 
> I run an yp server on a Linux PC.
> I ypbind my NetBSD2.0 client (in broadcast mode).
> Then I kill the ypserv process on the Linux box.
> 
> After that, I can't logging or su on NetBSD, even
> on the root account which is in the local password file.
> I have the repeated following error:
>  yp_first: clnt_call: RPC: Timed out
> 
> My /etc/nsswitch file is:
>  group:         files nis

My guess it's that it's querying the goup maps, to see in which secondary
groups root is.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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