Re: ypserv broken(?) in rhel4u3

[Steve Dickson <SteveD redhat com>]

Stephen J. Smoogen wrote:
> On 3/8/06, Daryl Herzmann <akrherz iastate edu> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, Waleed Mubark wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I think this problem may be on Ethernet adapter cable from
> > > the server to the switch.
> >
> > Hi,  thanks for the email.  Is there a reason why you think that?  Is
> > there something in the new release that makes it sensitive to the cable?
> > The machine continues to work fine with the old release of ypserv.
>
>
> I dont know if it is a cabling issue. The patch seems to have come in
> on Oct 5th. It is supposed to fire off DNS queries as a sub-process
> ypserv-2.13-dns-lookup.patch
>
> Check to see if ypserv is (not) using the -b or -dns flag... and if it
> has any effect. if not I think this patch may have crept something
> else in.
After further review... it appears this "feature", that was added
back, is in deeded causing the problem... So for now, please refrain
from using this (unfortunate) "feature".... [rant] Having ypserv
calling dns is a bit brain dead imho... that's what nsswitch.conf is
for but... that's a battle I lost :-( [\rant]

steved.