* T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20060717 18:15]:

> whenever I add a user in grml, I get the following error:

> rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection 
> refused
> rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection 
> refused
> rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection 
> refused
> rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection 
> refused

> I've never see this before, and would like to know why adduser need to do
> some rpc calls/connections. 

Because you might run userauth via NIS. You didn't notice this
before because Debian runs portmapper by default - which grml doesn't.

regards,
-mika-
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