SUMMARY: NIS to DNS fallback

Paul Kanz (paul@icx.com)
Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:19:59 -0700 (PDT)

My original question was:

> What is the difference between adding the 'B=-b' to the NIS Makefile and
> starting ypserv with the '-d' option?
>
> Looking at the ypserv man pages for SunOS 4.1.3:
>
> -d The NIS service should go to the DNS (Domain Name Ser-
> vice) for more host information.
>
> I'll summerize.
>
> Thanks,
> -Paul

The answer is that, unlike other OS man pages for ypserv, Sun's man page
is incorrect. The '-d' switch turns on DNS debugging information.

Thanks to:
Reto Lichtensteiger <rali@meitca.com>
Matthew Stier <Matthew.Stier@tddny.fujitsu.com>
Casper Dik <casper@holland.Sun.COM>
David Lee <T.D.Lee@durham.ac.uk>

-Paul

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Paul Kanz
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Interconnectix, Inc.
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