James Waterhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello everyone, > thanks for taking the time to read this. I'm a new user of debian > and I seem to be having troubles. I'm running ypbind on a mac (running > debian-68k 2.2) and I cannot get it to bind to my nis server (I've had > no problems with any of the other computers I have set up). When I run > "ypbind -broadcast" ypbind just exist. My network is good cause as I > said I have other computers using the nis server. I can also reach the > dns server from the troubled computer and mount nis volumes, ftp, http, > etc. When I place a ypserver line in my /etc/yp.conf file the "ypbind > -c" command says the file is alright but when I run "ypbind" it > segfaults. The only way I can get ypbind to work is by starting it with > the following "ypbind -debug -broadcast -ypsetme" and then using ypset > to set the nis server. Even then though it dies unexpectidly at times. > Has this happened to anyone else? If you can test this then please do. > For all those interested I am running debian-68k (the mac version) > potato 2.2 (the latest one) on a mac LC 630. If you have any feedback > the please CC it to my email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] > because I am not signed up to either debian-devel or debian-user. > Thanks for your time. > James
James, please use a "better" subject line. I have no idea what's wrong in your case, but make sure /etc/network/interfaces contains a line 'iface lo inet loopback' that's not commented out. -- Andre