On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Mark P Hoyle wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Rob Coward wrote:
> 
> > I now have another problem which I hope someone might have a solution to.
> > I have a 486 running Linux with it configured as a NFS server and YP 
> > server. My aim is to get RiscBSD mounting home directories from the 
> > Linux server, and using YP NIS id's to login to those directories. The 
> > first stumbling block is in the mounting of drives from the Linux server.
> > eg.
> 
> I've got a similar setup for my machines here which does work.
> Silly question, but I assume that you are running mountd and nfsd on your 
> linux box.
> 
> One problem might be that the RiscBSD does not use secure ports for nfs 
> unless you explicitly tell it to - read man mount. My fstab on the 
> riscbsd machine is:
> /dev/wd1a / ffs rw 1 1
> /dev/wd1b none swap sw sw
> einstein:/home/local /home/einstein nfs rw,-P
> platon:/home/pgrads /home/pgrads nfs rw,-P
> hp.ma.rhbnc.ac.uk:/home /home/hp nfs rw,-P
> 
> and as you see needs the -P option to use a secure port (unless you add 
> the insecure option to your linux exports file).
> 

I haven't tried the -P option, but when I made the exports insecure from 
Linux, it solved the problem. Thanks.

Anyone got any ideas about setting up RiscBSD as a NIS yp-client ?

Regards,
Rob.