the nis package doesn't work any more with libc 5.4.23. ypbind dies right away. i tried to compile a new version and i had to make some modifications to the nis source files to even get it to compile (some of the yp fields in the libc header files were changed from version 5.4.20 to 5.4.23). i also found a bug in /usr/include/rpcsvc/yp_prot.h at line 139. the last element in the enum field has a comma after it. i don't think it should be there. anyway, having compiled the nis package i got it to run, but it completely messed up my system. if i tried to do an su it would core dump, if i tried to ftp into the system i would get:
Service not available, remote server has closed connection Login failed. No control connection for command: Illegal seek clearly something was wrong. i don't have the time to look into this right now, but maybe some adventurous soul (or even the maintainer) can look into it. we went back to libc-5.4.20 in order to run nis. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
