At 12:47 Uhr +0100 08.06.2007, Matthias Scheler wrote:
>On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 11:47:23PM +0200, Asmodehn Shade wrote:
>>  Well I removed some [notfound=3Dreturn] in /etc/nsswitch.conf which
>>  prevented to switch to files when nis check failed.
>
>I personally prefer "passwd: files nis". That way the "root" account
>still works if NIS is down.

Unless you have "groups: files nis", too, in=20
which case the NetBSD YP client will hang=20
indefinitely, because there might be some=20
additional group to get from the YP database.=20
Reset or reboot from the debugger is your only=20
way out.

An nsswitch.conf timeout for optional sources=20
like groups would be a cool feature.

	hauke


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