James Carlson writes: > > Do we have a choice w.r.t. what NIS and LDAP will do if domainname is set > > in the > > configuration - in many cases, this might be alright, but how do the servers > > react if they are different between the client and the server? > > Each domain is distinct. As part of the YP/NIS binding process, the > client will ask the server "do you serve this domain?" If the answer > is no, then binding will fail, and you won't get NIS service.
By the way, if you want to know whether any NIS server will allow you to bind some other domain, you can query it with "ypwhich." For example: % ypwhich -d it.sfbay.sun.com mi-umpk17-01.sfbay mi-umpk17-01 % ypwhich -d dublin.ireland.sun.com mi-umpk17-01.sfbay Domain dublin.ireland.sun.com not bound on mi-umpk17-01.sfbay. % (I assume there are equivalent things for LDAP, but I'm too lazy to check. ;-}) -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
