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From: Mauricio Silveira <msilveira@linuxbr.com>
Subject: Slackware? and NIS
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 21:27:28 -0300
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Hello there


I've notice some strange behaviour about NIS.
I'm using a slackware 9.1 box with slackware-current updates.


I've configured a server and ran make under /var/yp and then tried 
'ypcat passwd' and 'ypcat group' on a client machine; It retrieved the 
passwd file correctly, but the group was empty. Later I ran 'ypmake' and 
the 'ypcat group'  on the client side dumped the information.

And when I change the password on the server machine, I must run make 
under /var/yp, ypmake does'nt update the NIS passwd database.

So, my question is: Am I doind something wrong, or NIS is not behaving 
as it should... here?

version information:

yp-tools-2.8
ypbind-mt-1.17.2
ypmake-0.11
ypserv-2.12.1


Thanks,
Mauricio